Jack Angaran is a trial lawyer with Georgeson Angaran Chtd. in Reno, who joined the firm 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. 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, personal injury 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 is admitted to practice in Nevada and California. Mr. Angaran has been selected annually as a Nevada and Mountain States Super Lawyer, and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Peer Review Rated: AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5

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.

Jaime Black is an associate attorney with GA who was admitted to the Nevada Bar in 2009 and Florida Bar (inactive) in 2008. She received a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in Political Science from California State University of Fresno in December, 2003. She graduated from Barry University School of Law, Orlando, Florida, magna cum laude, the top 4% of her class, in 2008. She served as the Associate Editor (2006-2007) and the Symposium Editor (2007-2008) for the Barry Law Review. She was a member of the Moot Court Honors Board and competed in the 2008 City Bar of New York, National Moot Court Competition (Second Place Best Brief and Fifth Place Oralists, Regional Round). She also served as law clerk to the Honorable Melvin T. Brunetti, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2008-2009). During law school, she participated in International Study Abroad: Xiamen, China (Summer 2006). She is a member of the Washoe County Bar Association and the Northern Nevada Women Lawyers’ Association.

Erin L. Albright is an associate attorney with GA who was admitted to the Nevada Bar in 2007. Ms. Albright completed her undergraduate education at the University of Nevada Reno with a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and a minor in Business Administration. She received her Juris Doctor degree from McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific where she received the Witkin Award in Documentary Sales Transactions. Ms. Albright is a member of the Association of Defense Counsel of Nevada, the Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada and the Washoe County Bar Association.

Mary-Ann S. LeBrun is an associate attorney with GA who was admitted to the Nevada Bar in 2011. She completed her undergraduate education at the University of Nevada Reno with a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in Political Science and Spanish, 2008. Ms. Le Brun received her Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, (top 12% of class) from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in 2011. She was a Williard H. Pedrick Scholar (Dean’s List) 2008-2011 and a Moot Court Finalist (Client Counseling). She received the Outstanding Editor Award, Arizona State Law Journal, 201l. She served as the Business and Technology Editor (2010-2011) for the Arizona State Law Journal and as a Staff Writer (2009-2010). Ms. Le Brun received the CALI Award- Real Estate and Business Valuation and was Founder/Director of the Business Legal Assistance Program for small businesses, voted the Outstanding New Pro Bono Group at the College of Law, 2011.She also studied abroad in Spain and backpacked through Northern Europe.

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