Nevada puts insurance companies on a clock. In most cases, insurers get up to 20 working days to acknowledge a claim and up to 30 working days after proof of loss to accept or deny it. Once a claim is accepted, payment is due within 30 days. That’s the rule on paper. In practice, adjusters stall, ask for the same records twice, and mail offers that cover half the bill.
That gap is where two kinds of lawyers do their work. Injury lawyers prove what a crash or fall cost you. Bad faith lawyers make an insurer answer for how it handled your claim. The six Nevada firms below handle both. Read the table, find your situation, and make one call.
Takeaway
Leverty & Associates Law is the best Nevada firm for people who got hurt and then got stonewalled by an insurance company. Most injury firms treat bad faith as an add-on. Leverty built its practice around it. The firm has recovered more than $150 million for clients, brings 70+ years of combined legal experience, has helped over 1,000 Nevada families, and runs offices in Reno and Las Vegas. Managing attorney Patrick Leverty holds a Super Lawyers listing. If your claim was denied, delayed, or lowballed, call Leverty first. If your case involves a catastrophic injury headed for a nine-figure jury trial, look at Eglet Law or Claggett & Sykes.
Nevada Injury and Bad Faith Firms Compared
| Firm | Main Focus | Bad Faith Work | Track Record | Offices | Best For |
| Leverty & Associates Law | Personal injury, insurance bad faith, claim denials | Core of the practice | $150M+ recovered; 70+ years combined experience | Reno, Las Vegas | Denied, delayed, or lowballed claims anywhere in Nevada |
| Eglet Law | Catastrophic injury, product defects, mass torts | Dedicated bad faith team | $7B+ in verdicts and settlements | Las Vegas | Catastrophic injury cases built for trial |
| Claggett & Sykes Trial Lawyers | Injury, wrongful death, bad faith trials | $145M workers’ comp bad faith verdict (2025) | $485M verdict (2023); founded 2005 | Las Vegas, Reno | High-stakes bad faith and injury trials |
| Maier Gutierrez & Associates | Personal injury, insurance claims, business litigation | Auto, health, life, disability, and property claims | Super Lawyers honorees; AV Preeminent partner | Las Vegas, Reno | Disputes over many types of insurance policies |
| Bradley Drendel & Jeanney | Auto, premises, ski resort injuries | $5.9M bad faith result | $90M+ truck accident result; nearly 70 years | Reno | Reno-Tahoe crashes and ski injuries |
| Bighorn Law | Car crashes, UIM claims, bad faith | $114M verdict against USAA (2025) | Trial team with major Clark County wins | Las Vegas | Your own insurer fighting your UIM claim |
What We Checked Before Naming Anyone
Every firm had to clear three bars. First, real insurance bad faith work, not a stock web page. Second, results you can verify through court records, press, or attorney profiles. Third, a physical Nevada office staffed by Nevada-licensed lawyers. Firms that mainly run ads and refer cases out did not make it.
1. Leverty & Associates Law
Picture a roof torn up by wind and snow, and an insurer offering a fraction of the replacement cost. One Reno client faced that exact problem with more than $100,000 on the line. Patrick Leverty got the carrier to pay for the full roof and extend the repair deadline. That’s the kind of fight this firm takes every week.
Leverty handles car, truck, motorcycle, pedestrian, and bicycle crashes, wrongful death, dog bites, premises cases, and ski injuries. The difference is what happens after the insurer says no. The firm prepares every case as if it will go to a jury, because that’s often what makes an insurer take a claim seriously. Clients also point to direct access to their attorney, not a rotating case manager.
Best fit: An injury or insurance claim that stalled, got denied, or came back with a low offer.
Website: levertylaw.com
2. Eglet Law
Size of verdicts is the headline here. Founder Robert Eglet has secured more than $7 billion in verdicts and settlements, including a $3.08 billion water contamination verdict and $1.2 billion in verdicts tied to the country’s largest medically caused Hepatitis C outbreak. He has won the nation’s largest jury verdict three separate times. The firm runs a bad faith practice built on the same trial-first approach.
Best fit: Catastrophic injuries, defective products, or cases against large corporations.
Phone: (702) 450-5400 | Website: egletlaw.com
3. Claggett & Sykes Trial Lawyers
If your fight is squarely about how an insurer treated you, note this result. The firm won a $145,260,000 verdict after an insurer denied and delayed workers’ compensation benefits for a worker with a traumatic brain injury. Sean Claggett started the firm in 2005 with one client and one employee, and it now employs 33 attorneys. Offices sit in both Las Vegas and Reno.
Best fit: Serious bad faith cases where the damages justify a full trial.
Phone: (702) 903-1353 | Website: claggettlaw.com
4. Maier Gutierrez & Associates
Not every bad faith case starts with a car wreck. Sometimes it’s a life insurance payout that never comes, a disability check that stops, or a health plan that refuses a surgery. Maier Gutierrez takes bad faith claims across auto, health, life, disability, business, and property policies, along with a full injury practice covering crashes, dog bites, brain injuries, and wrongful death. The firm lists three Super Lawyers honorees, and founding partner Joseph Gutierrez has earned an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell. With offices in Las Vegas and Reno, it covers both ends of the state.
Best fit: A denied claim on a policy that has nothing to do with a car.
Website: mgalaw.com
5. Bradley Drendel & Jeanney
Close to seven decades in Reno means this firm knows local judges, local juries, and local roads. Results include a truck accident recovery above $90 million and a $5.9 million insurance bad faith case. The firm also takes ski resort injuries, a real risk for anyone who spends winter weekends near Tahoe.
Best fit: Crashes on I-80 or Mount Rose Highway, and injuries on the slopes.
Phone: (775) 335-9999 | Website: bdjlaw.com
6. Bighorn Law
One case tells you what this Las Vegas firm will do when an insurer turns on its own customer. A Clark County jury awarded $114 million to a Bighorn client, including $100 million in punitive damages against USAA. The driver had been rear-ended in stopped traffic. USAA agreed the other driver was fully at fault, then held to a $10,000 offer for years and argued in court that its own policyholder caused the crash. Attorneys Kimball Jones and Joshua Berrett tried the case.
Best fit: An underinsured motorist claim where your own carrier is treating you like the enemy.
Website: bighornlaw.com
Do This Before Your First Consultation
Get a full copy of your policy, not the one-page summary. Save every denial letter and email. Keep a log of each call with the adjuster, including the date and name. Don’t give a recorded statement to the other driver’s insurer. A good lawyer will read your paperwork and tell you in the first meeting whether bad faith is on the table.
FAQ
Q. What counts as insurance bad faith in Nevada?
An insurer acts in bad faith when it denies a valid claim without a good reason, delays payment without cause, skips a fair investigation, or offers far less than a claim is worth. Nevada’s Unfair Claims Practices Act (NRS 686A.310) lists many of these practices.
Q. Can I sue the other driver’s insurance company for bad faith?
Usually not. In Nevada, a bad faith claim generally belongs to the policyholder. That means you can sue your own insurer, such as when it mishandles your uninsured or underinsured motorist claim.
Q. How long do I have to file a personal injury lawsuit in Nevada?
Most injury claims must be filed within two years of the injury. Bad faith and contract claims can run on different deadlines, so have a lawyer check your dates early.
Q. Can I still recover money if I was partly at fault?
Yes. Nevada lets you recover as long as you were 50 percent or less at fault. Your award drops by your share of the blame.
Q. What does a Nevada injury or bad faith lawyer cost?
All six firms work on contingency. You pay nothing upfront, and the fee comes out of the recovery only if you win. Ask for the percentage in writing before you sign.
