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Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012 | 2 a.m.
Nevada lawyers working for companies and individuals whose land is being “eminent domained” by the state Department of Transportation to make room for the expansion of Interstate 15 are beginning to quake in their Dolce & Gabanas. Is that because lawyering eminent domain cases is so document-heavy and mind-numbingly complex that private attorneys are quaking in fear that they might lose track of their valuable contingency fees? No. It’s because the Nevada attorney general just made a smart hire. It is no stretch to say attorney Laura Fitzsimmons wrote the book on the state’s eminent domain law. Fitzsimmons represented County ...
A lawyers contingency fee is 33% so Fitzsimmons make at least $60 million in the above litigation cases.
Why does she bother to work with that kind of money?
I hope the state does save money and that "the right connections" don't determine what who gets paid what for their property.
I'm sure no one will base their property valve on the 2007-8 evaluations!
A millionaire commissioner. That, the people of LV don't need.
Doesn't the State and/or County Commission have ANY foresight? Why isn't real estate adjacent to major streets and obvious points of expansion ZONED for limited development??? I often wonder why the Strip was not properly zoned--so buildings would be setback a couple of lanes and allow for roads. OK, that was decades ago. But we're building highways all over the place. The time to zone is NOW. Zone so that the property can be developed into C stores, gas stations, strip malls and such but NOT into high rise buildings.