Kristopher joined the firm in August 2010, and is a partner in the litigation practice group, working primarily in the areas of commercial, corporate, real property, and catastrophic injury. In 2017, Kristopher earned Martindale Hubbell’s Preeminent AV Rating upon his first submission for eligibility. He received his B.S.B.A., cum laude, from Boston University in 2006. He received his Juris Doctrate from the William S. Boyd School of Law in 2010, where he served as a staffer for the Nevada Law Journal and worked as a student attorney for the Ninth Circuit Appellate Clinic. He was awarded the CALI Award for Excellence for Lawyering Process I and earned Dean's List Honors. Kris also worked as a clerk for the Federal Public Defenders' Office and as a clerk for MGM Resorts International's Corporate Legal Department.
KRISTOPHER T. ZEPPENFELD
PARTNER
Office: 702-222-4104
Email: KZeppenfeld@sjwlawfirm.com
- Boston University (B.S.B.A., cum laude, 2006)
- William S. Boyd School of Law (J.D. 2010, Nevada Law Journal, Dean's List Honors, CALI Award-Lawyering Process I)
- State Bar of Nevada (2010); United States District Court for the District of Nevada (2010)
- Nevada Business Magazine 'Legal Elite' (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020)
- Nevada Business Magazine ' Best Up and Coming Attorneys' (2015)
- Clark County Bar Association
- Las Vegas Defense Lawyers
- Dent v. Holder, 627 F.3d 365 (9th Cir. 2010)
- Humphries v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court of State, 312 P.3d 484, 129 Nev.Adv.Rep. 85 (Nev. 2013)
- Obtained award of Summary Judgment in Humphries, et al. v. New York-New York Hotel and Casino