Jorge "Coco" Padilla
Associate
- Professional Overview Coco is an associate attorney in the Las Vegas office’s Labor and Employment practice group. Coco earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He went on to receive his Juris Doctor from the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a concentration in Health Law. While in law school, Coco was selected for the school’s Public Interest Fellowship, State Bar of Nevada Professional Development Fellowship, and Sonia & Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program. Upon graduation, Coco received the Barbara Buckley Community Service Graduation Award and Pro Bono High Honors Graduation Distinction. Prior to joining O’Hagan Meyer, Coco served as a judicial law clerk to a judge of the Nevada Court of Appeals and then a magistrate judge of the United States District Court, District of Nevada.
- Practice Areas
- Education and Admissions
Education
- J.D. from William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, pro bono high honors.
- B.A. from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, cum laude.
Admissions
- Supreme Court of Nevada
States Licensed
- Nevada
- Professional Organization Memberships
- Nevada Latino Bar Association
- Hispanic National Bar Association
- Howard D. McKibben American Inn of Court
- News, Honors, Publications & Speeches
- Article, Five Years in the Making: How the Andale 5K Run/Walk is Diversifying the Nevada Legal Community, The Writ: Official Publication of the Washoe County Bar Association, p. 7, Sept/Oct 2024, Vol. 46, No. 5.
- Article, First-Generation Professionals in the Nevada Legal Community, Nevada Lawyer Magazine, pp. 12-15, June 2023.
- Article, History of Nevada Court of Appeals and Appellate Tip Guide, Nevada Lawyer Magazine, pp. 8-10, Apr. 2023.
- White Paper, Coming Full Circle: The Boring Company’s Not So Boring Transportation Gamble with the Las Vegas Loop, 6 NEV. L.J. 28 (2022).
- Special Symposium, Nevada as an Example: State Immigration Reform in a Swing State, 22 NEV. L.J. 955 (2022).
- Languages
- Spanish