Wilson, Amy Mitchell

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Amy Wilson has been an Attorney for 24 years who has also served as a judge pro tempore. She is originally from the small college town of Logan, Utah. She graduated from Utah State University, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Pre-Law in June of 1994. She attended Hunter College in New York City for her sophomore year. During her later college years, she worked as a counselor at the local Youth Detention Center and as a “Tracker” helping teenagers who were under the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court. She attended law school at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. During law school she was active in student government and a member of the trial advocacy team. She worked as a legal intern with the local Public Defender’s Office in the Juvenile Division as well as the local Women’s Shelter assisting abused women secure Protective Orders. Her substantial writing project, Public School Dress Codes: The Constitutional Debate, was selected for publication in the Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal. After graduating from law school, she moved to California where she was admitted to practice law in June of 1998. In California, she worked as a Deputy District Attorney in Orange County and San Mateo County where she gained significant and valuable trial experience as a criminal prosecutor. To accommodate the needs of her young family, she opened her own private criminal defense practice in Redwood City, California in October of 2000 where she had the opportunity to represent indigent clients as court appointed counsel. In 2005, Amy and her family relocated to Arizona. She was admitted to the State Bar of Arizona in 2006. She worked as a Deputy County Attorney, Criminal Division in Maricopa County Arizona from 2007 through 2008. In January of 2009, she served as a Judge Pro Tempore in the Justice Courts of Maricopa County. She served in that capacity from January 2009 until June of 2012. In July of 2012, she moved with her family to Las Vegas and was admitted to the State Bar of Nevada in May of 2014. She initially practiced with a small firm, The Law Offices of Scott M. Clark, in the area of landlord/tenant law. In October of 2015, she joined her current firm, The Law Offices of Kevin R. Hansen, where she practices primarily in the area of personal injury and civil litigation. In December of 2020, she was appointed to serve as a Judge Pro Tempore in the Las Vegas Justice Court where she has had the opportunity to preside over criminal and civil calendars, as well as small claims hearings. For the past several years, Amy has volunteered as a Pro Bono Attorney with the Children’s Attorney Project through Legal Aid of Southern Nevada, providing direct representation for children who are in Foster Care under the jurisdiction of the Family Court.

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