Don Springmeyer
Partner | Las Vegas
Don Springmeyer is the litigation partner in charge of class action and complex high damages litigation for the Las Vegas and Reno offices of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. He is a fourth generation Nevadan with 32 years of experience in high stakes litigation including class actions of all types, mass torts ranging from medical device and pharmaceutical products to components of home building construction, residential and commercial construction defects, real estate and condominium litigation, water rights / environmental, and insurance bad faith.
Mr. Springmeyer was named to “2012 Top Lawyers: 100 top lawyers in Southern Nevada” by the business weekly Vegas Inc. Mr. Springmeyer was honored as the first Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association in 1997, in recognition of his work on an infant formula price-fixing class action and his pro bono work on health insurance coverage cases for breast cancer victims. He has been AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated through Martindale-Hubble for 17 years. That rating is a significant accomplishment - a testament to the fact that a lawyer’s peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence and ethical integrity. He has also received a National Community Service Award for his pro bono work.
Mr. Springmeyer also conducts an extensive appellate practice, appearing in multiple cases before the Nevada Supreme Court, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Areas of Practice
Environmental/Natural Resource Law and Litigation
Construction Defect
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Speaking Engagements
- October 20, 2010
Nevada State Bar Association, Construction Law Section
Continuing Legal Education Seminar
Las Vegas, Nevada
Panel Speaker: “Hot Topics In Construction Defect Litigation and Related Insurance Coverage Issues” - October 19, 2010
Nevada Justice Association
34th Annual Convention and Seminar
Marina del Rey, California
Moderator and Panel Speaker: “Current Hot Topics in CD Litigation” - October 16, 2010
Nevada State Bar Association, Construction Law Section
Continuing Legal Education Seminar
Reno, Nevada
Panel Speaker: “Hot Topics In Construction Defect Litigation and Related Insurance Coverage Issues” - February 24, 2011
American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources 29th Annual Water Law Conference
San Diego, California
Panel Speaker: “Water Rights in Parks, Wilderness Areas, and Tribal Lands” - February 2, 2011
Nevada Water Resources Association
2011 Annual Conference
Reno, Nevada
Panel Speaker: “Groundwater/Surface Water Connectivity and Nevada Water Law”
Education
- Juris Doctor (1979), University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School, Madison, Wisconsin, cum laude
- Abraham Sigman Award for Excellence in Oral Advocacy
- Member Regional Champion Team, ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition
- Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (1976), Yale, New Haven, Connecticut, cum laude with Special Honors in Political Science. Senior Thesis - "Innovation in National Party Politics"
Memberships
- Member State Bar of Nevada
- Member Clark County Bar Association
- Member Washoe County Bar Association
- Member Nevada Justice Association, and Board of Governors
- Member American Bar Association
- Admitted to the United States Supreme Court
- Admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Admitted to the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
- Admitted to the United States District Court of the Northern District of California
- Admitted to the United States District Court of the Eastern District of California
Honors & Outside Activities
- AV Preeminent Peer Review rated
- Trial Lawyer of the Year, Nevada Trial Lawyers Association, 1997
- National Community Service Award, Primerus Law Firms for pro bono insurance litigation for breast cancer victims