Jack Angaran is a senior trial lawyer with GA who returned to private practice in 1984 after serving as a Deputy District Attorney for Washoe County, Nevada. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara and received his law degree from Mercer University in Georgia in 1975. Mr. Angaran provides defense oriented advice and serves as trial counsel for professionals, employers, businesses and insurance companies in a variety of legal disputes, including business and commercial, professional liability, product liability, coverage, insurance bad faith, real estate and employment law.
 
Mr. Angaran is a past president of the Association of Defense Counsel of Nevada and served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada. He is a member of the Defense Research Institute. He is a Master of the American Inns of Court. Mr. Angaran is past president of the Reno Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates and currently serves on the National ABOTA Board of Directors. He has tried numerous cases to jury verdict, and is admitted to practice in Nevada and California. Mr. Angaran was selected as a Nevada and Mountain States Super Lawyer, 2007-10. AV Peer Review Rated

Whit Selert is a senior trial lawyer with Georgeson Angaran in Reno and is a graduate of the University of California, Davis, King Hall School of Law where he was the Senior Notes & Comments Editor of the U.C. Davis Law Review. Mr. Selert completed his undergraduate education magna cum laude from Brigham Young University and is a former law clerk to the Hon. Procter R. Hug, Jr., of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Mr. Selert's practice focuses exclusively on providing defense oriented consultation and representation to employers, businesses and insurance companies in the areas of employment law, commercial disputes, construction defect, premises liability and product defect litigation. Mr. Selert is a member of the Northern Nevada and Northern California Association of Defense Counsel and the Defense Research Institute.

Justin Pfrehm is a senior trial lawyer with GA and is a graduate of Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon where he was a Teaching Assistant and a member of the Willamette Moot Court Board. Mr. Pfrehm received his Bachelor of Science degree cum laude from Oregon State University. Mr. Pfrehm practices in all areas of defense litigation, including construction defect, product defect, premises liability, personal injury, insurance coverage and bad faith. Mr. Pfrehm is admitted to practice in both Nevada and California. Mountain States Super Lawyer, Rising Star 2009.

Ryan Mandell is an senior trial attorney with GA in Reno, Nevada. Mr. Mandell completed his under graduate education at the University of Nevada Reno with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and received his Juris Doctor degree from the Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University. He is a former law clerk to the Hon. Robert A. McQuaid, Jr., U.S. Magistrate Judge and is admitted to practice in Nevada. Mr. Mandell practices in all areas of civil defense litigation including premises liability products liability, personal injury, construction defects, insurance defense and commercial disputes. Mountain States Super Lawyer, Rising Star, 2009.

Brian Gonsalves is an associate attorney with GA who was admitted to Bar, 2006, Nevada; 2005, California. Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S., Business Administration, 1995); University of Hawaii School of Law (J.D., 2005). CALI Award, Real Estate Development and Finance; Ruddy F Tong Memorial Award; Association of Trial Lawyers of America Grant Recipient. Member: State Bar of Nevada; State Bar of California; U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; U.S. District Court, California Eastern District, Tahoe-Truckee Bar Association.

Kristie A. Tappan is an associate attorney with GA who was admitted to Bar, 2006, Nevada and 2009, California. She graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Outstanding Political Science Thesis 2003), Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ms. Tappan received a Juris Doctor Degree (magna cum laude) from Boston College Law School, Newton, Massachusetts in 2006, where she was in the top 10% of class and a member of the Boston College Law Review. She served as law clerk for the Honorable Procter R. Hug, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2007-2008. She also served as law clerk for the Honorable Patrick Flanagan (2009) and the Honorable Janet Berry (2006-2007) of the Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County, Nevada. Ms. Tappan is a member of the Northern Nevada Women Lawyers’ Association and the Bruce R. Thompson, American Inns of Court. Ms. Tappan was a 2003 summer intern for Senator Harry Reid in Washington, D.C. She is proficient in Spanish.

Jim Georgeson is a former senior litigation attorney who now is "of counsel" with GA and devotes his practice to providing mediation and arbitration services, both privately and as part of the court appointed arbitration program. Mr. Georgeson completed his undergraduate education at the University of Nevada Reno and received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. Mr. Georgeson is a former law clerk to the Hon. Jon Collins of the Nevada Supreme Court. Before 2009, Mr. Georgeson's practice focused on all aspects of civil defense litigation, including personal injury, premises liability, products liability, wrongful termination, commercial disputes and construction defect. Mr. Georgeson has tried over 55 jury trials to a verdict. Mr. Georgeson is also a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America. He was selected as a Nevada and Mountain State Super Lawyer, 2007-2009. Mr. Georgeson is admitted to practice in both Nevada and California. AV Peer Review Rated

Harold Thompson is a former senior litigation attorney with GA and now maintains an "of counsel" relationship with the firm as he focuses his practice exclusively on providing high quality Alternative Dispute Resolution Serivce. Mr. Thompson completed his under graduate education at the University of California, Santa Barbara and received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law. Mr. Thompson is also a graduate of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine Univeristy. Mr. Thompson's civil defense litigation experience includes over 50 jury trials tried to a verdict, including wrongful death and insurance bad faith. In addition to his defense litigation practice, Mr. Thompson regularly serves as an arbitrator and mediator in private alternative dispute resolution. Mr. Thompson is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and was a member of the Association of Defense Counsel of Northern Nevada and California, serving as president of the Nevada Association of Defense Counsel from 1991-1992. Mr. Thompson is admitted to practice in Nevada and California (Inactive). AV Peer Review Rated