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 34 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 several of the United States Courts of Appeals.
