David Stern is a corporate governance and commercial litigation attorney at Reisman Sorokac who brings with him more than a decade of business experience on international platforms, including the development, management, and oversight of projects, supply chains, and operations in more than six countries.

Mr. Stern’s clients include small and large business entities and owners, their boards of directors, executives and officers, and aspiring entrepreneurs. Mr. Stern draws on his unique commercial perspective and experience combining real world, practical applications of the Law when advising his clients on matters related to corporate governance, commercial litigation, business disputes, operational legal issues, and general business matters.

Prior to joining Reisman Sorokac, Mr. Stern served as law clerk to the Honorable Michelle Leavitt of Nevada’s Eighth Judicial District Court, completed Federal judicial internships with the Honorable Andrew Gordon and the Honorable Jennifer Dorsey of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, a State judicial internship with the Honorable Kerry Earley of the Eighth Judicial District Court, and an internship with the Clark County District Attorney’s Office.

Mr. Stern’s business-minded approach to legal matters with a practical understanding of the challenges business owners and executives face, enables him to provide strategic, goal-oriented counsel that supports both legal compliance, short-term, and long-term business objectives.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Governance and Transactions
• Business Disputes and Alternative Dispute Resolution (Mediation)
• Common-Interest Community Law
• Outside General Counsel

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Pro Bono Corner: “My First Pro Bono Case: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.” Clark County Bar Journal COMMUNIQUE, June–July, 2021
• Featured speaker at the 17th International Conference of Gambling and Risk-Taking (ICGRT), 2019
• “It’s Time for Wizards to Give Up the Illusion and Show Their Cards: How Wizards of the Coast Circumvent Gaming Law to Make Millions.” International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA), 2018
• “Your Gaming License is a Privilege, Not a Right: Analysis of In Re: Philadelphia Entertainment & Development Partners, LP.” Gaming Law Review/Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Publishers (GLR), 2019
• “PPP: Practicing to Prevent Penalties,” – CAI’s Community Interests Magazine, June 2023. – online.fliphtml5.com/zsxmb/ynqa/

EDUCATION

• Juris Doctor (2019), William S. Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas, Nevada
• Certificate of International Trade (2008), Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
• Certificate of Language Studies (2005), Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang
• Bachelor of Arts (2004), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
• Certificate of Language Studies (2002), Nankai University, Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality

ADMISSIONS

• Member of the State Bar of Nevada, 2019
• United States District Court, District of Nevada, 2019.

HONORS & OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES

Mr. Stern has been selected to , was recognized in both Nevada Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite 2021” and “Best Up and Coming 2021” – The Silver State’s Top Attorneys, and continues to be recognized in Nevada Business Magazine’s list of TopRank Attorneys in 2024, 2025, and 2026.

• Super Lawyers‘ Mountain States Rising Stars list for four consecutive years from 2023 – 2026
• Nevada Business Magazine’s TopRank Attorneys (Previously “Legal Elite”), 2024-2026
• Nevada’s Legal Elite 2021 and “Best Up and Coming” 2021 – The Silver State’s Top Attorneys
• Recipient of the Community Interests Magazine ‘Article of the Year’ Award, 2023
• CAI Community Interests Magazine – Vice Chair, 2024
• Special Projects Editor of the Gaming Law Journal, 2019
• Recipient of the Shannon Bybee Award, 2018
• President of the Gaming Law Society at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ Boyd Law School, 2017–2019