Practice Areas

  • Healthcare
  • Insurance Defense

Admissions

  • Nevada
  • U.S. District Court of Nevada

Adam A. Schneider

Of Counsel

Phone: 702.505.9391
Email: aschneider@messner.com
Office: Las Vegas

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Adam A. Schneider is of counsel in the Las Vegas office of Messner Reeves, where his practice focuses on healthcare and insurance defense matters.

Adam brings nearly two decades of experience representing healthcare providers, medical practices, and hospitals in Nevada courts in professional negligence matters. His practice spans all phases of litigation, including discovery, depositions, dispositive motion practice, and trial preparation. He has also represented attorneys in legal malpractice matters and regularly appears before state regulatory boards and medical executive committees on licensing, credentialing, and disciplinary issues.

In addition to his litigation practice, Adam has significant appellate experience, including successful appeals and writ petitions before the Nevada Supreme Court and Nevada Court of Appeals. He also serves as a moot court mentor for the Sam Boyd School of Law.

He earned his J.D. from Gonzaga University School of Law and his bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Gonzaga University.

Adam is admitted to practice in Nevada and before the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

Outside of his legal practice, Adam enjoys watching sports, finding the best new restaurants, and spending time with his wife and their three dogs.

J.D., Gonzaga University School of Law, 2006
B.A., Gonzaga University, 2003

Nevada State Bar Association

Successful appeals/writ petitions to Nevada Supreme Court/Nevada Court of Appeals:
Igtiben v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 140 Nev. Adv. Op. 9 (2024) (with oral argument); Valley Health Sys., LLC v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 510 P.3d 777 (2022); Montanez v. Sparks Family Hospital, Inc., 499 P.3d 1189 (2021); Barcelona v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 448 P.3d 544 (2019); Bhatia v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 417 P.3d 352 (2018)

Publications and Speaking Engagements

Author of the Supplement to the Fifth Edition of the Medical Malpractice chapter in the Nevada Practice Manual (2014)

Community Involvement

Sam Boyd School of Law moot court mentor

Professional Experience

2007 – 2026, Partner- John H. Cotton and Associates, Ltd.
• Defended healthcare providers, medical practices, and hospitals in Nevada Courts for professional negligence allegations, State regulatory boards for licensing issues, and medical executive committees for credentialing issues.
• Defended lawyers in Nevada Courts for attorney malpractice allegations.

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