Tera K. Andrews Ames

Managing Partner

 

EMPLOYMENT
Clark County, Nevada
Justice of the Peace Pro Tempore : March 2012 – Present
Nevada Secretary of State's Office
Special Counsel for Compliance : June 2011 – May 2012
Tharpe & Howell, LLP
Associate Attorney: September 2009 – June 2011
Clark County District Attorney's Office
Deputy District Attorney: 2001 – 2006
United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of WA
Legal Intern: 1999 - 2001

EDUCATION
Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA (J.D., 2001)
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (B.A., Anthropology, 1998)
Oxford Brooks University, Oxford, England (Anthropological Studies, 1997)

AWARDS/ HONORS
Gonzaga Law Review, Associate Editor (2000-2001)
Gonzaga University School of Law, Thomas More Scholar (1999-2001)
Gonzaga University School of Law, Moot Court Council (2000-2001)
Gonzaga Public Interest Law Project, Student Commitment to Public Service Award (2001)

ADMITTED
All Nevada State Courts
All Utah State Courts
United States District Court - District of Nevada
United States District Court – Central District of Utah

AREAS OF PRACTICE
Criminal Law
State Regulatory Law
General Civil Litigation

INTERESTS
Running, Hiking, Travelling, Community Service, Reading and Spending time with my three sons.

 

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