Max Edward Corrick, II

Max Edward Corrick, II is the Managing Partner of the firm and maintains a broad civil litigation practice focused on professional liability, premises and products liability, wrongful death and catastrophic injury matters, and construction litigation. He has extensive trial experience, having served as lead counsel in numerous matters over the course of his career, including multiple successful defense verdicts. He has also argued significant appellate matters before the Nevada Supreme Court, including Beavor v. Tomsheck, 519 P.3d 1260 (Nev. 2022), a published decision addressing the assignment of claims and proceeds in legal malpractice cases. Max is a graduate of the University of Virginia and began his legal career with the firm’s predecessor in 1999 after earning his Juris Doctor from Washington University in St. Louis.

• State Bar of Nevada
• United States District Court for the District of Nevada
• Nevada Supreme Court Advocacy
  • Argued matters before the Nevada Supreme Court, including Beavor v. Tomsheck (2022)
• Mock Trial Coach
  • Volunteer coaching of local high school students in competition
• Community Involvement
  • Volunteer board member, local soccer organization
  • Coach and referee

Beavor v. Tomsheck, 519 P.3d 1260 (Nev. 2022)
Nevada Supreme Court decision addressing assignment of claims and proceeds in legal malpractice actions.

Obtained partial judgment on the pleadings in a commercial construction litigation case against a design professional based upon the application of the economic loss doctrine.

Obtained summary judgment for clients in a wrongful death case based upon absence of duty and absence of foreseeability for third-party criminal conduct.

Obtained summary judgment for client in a premises liability case based upon lack of actual/constructive notice and failure to establish breach of duty.

Obtained summary judgment for clients in a legal malpractice case based upon failure to establish breach of duty and causation of damages.

Obtained summary judgment for clients in a legal malpractice case based upon failure to establish prima facie case against attorney.

Obtained multiple dismissals of claims against HOA clients based upon application of statutes requiring pre-litigation arbitration and/or mediation.

Received a defense verdict after 5-week trial in a traumatic brain injury case where Plaintiff sought $27,000,000+ in damages; jury verdict returned in less than an hour.

Secured a voluntary dismissal of case by plaintiff during plaintiff’s case in chief in a two week trial in a wrongful termination action.

Received a defense verdict in a 2-week bench trial concerning claims of insurance broker negligence and bad faith.

University of Virginia, B.A., Philosophy and Spanish (1994)
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, J.D. (1998)

• State Bar of Nevada (1998)
• United States District Court for the District of Nevada