George Ogilvie III

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George Ogilvie is the Managing Partner of McDonald Carano and has been a member of the Executive Committee since 1994. His litigation practice involves representing clients in complex construction and commercial disputes. Mr. Ogilvie’s clients, including publicly traded multinational corporations, national and regional construction companies, and mid-size to large local businesses, have benefited from his experience as he has successfully first-chaired dozens of jury trials, bench trials, and private arbitrations, and numerous prevailing oral arguments before the Nevada Supreme Court. Most recently, the Nevada Supreme Court affirmed a $20 million dollar judgment in favor of his client. George regularly appears before the state and federal bench, as well as before various municipal boards and governmental agencies in Nevada.

A native Las Vegan and fifth-generation Nevadan, George has been deeply involved in the Las Vegas community, including having served for seven years as Chairman of the Colorado River Commission, which is charged with acquiring, managing, and protecting Nevada’s water and hydroelectric power resources from the Colorado River. He has twice received the Lawyer of the Year award in Construction Law and Litigation from Best Lawyers in America and has been named five times among the “Legal Elite” by Nevada Business Magazine.