Tyler Watson
Managing Partner & Shareholder
Areas of Practice
(702) 222-4183
TJwatson@sjlawfirm.com
Tyler is the managing partner of Schnitzer Johnson & Watson, and devotes his practice to litigation, primarily focusing on insurance coverage, bad faith, wrongful death, toxic torts, and premises liability. Tyler has significant courtroom experience, including successfully trying several jury and bench trials for major hotels/casinos and insurers where the plaintiffs have sought millions of dollars in damages. Additionally, he has extensive appellate practice experience, having presented several writs and appeals before the Nevada Supreme Court.
Tyler has been awarded the highest possible rating of AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated from Martindale-Hubbell and is a member of the prestigious Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel which selectively admits only the leading defense attorneys in the United States.
Education
- Juris Doctorate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law.
Bar Admissions
- State Bar of Nevada
- United States District Court, District of Nevada
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Practice Areas
- Insurance Defense
- Insurer Services
- Professional Liability Defense
- Personal Injury
Professional Activities and Affiliations
- Nevada State Bar Association
- Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
- Las Vegas Defense Lawyers
- American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice
Publications & Presentations
- The State of Professional Engineering, Case Note, Claims Management Magazine, April 2016
- Special Statute Governs When in Conflict with General Statute, Case Note, Claims Management Magazine, March 2016
- Absolute Liability Statute and Implied Covenant of Good Faith, Case Note, Claims Management Magazine, October 2015
- Application of Normal Work Test to Determine Statutory Employee, Case Note, Claims Management Magazine, August 2015
- No Dice in Third-Party Retaliatory Discharge Claim, Case Note, Claims Management Magazine, May 2015
- A Question of Law and Policy Limits Around the Nation, Case Note Claims Management Magazine, February 2015
- Household Exclusion and State Law Around the Nation Case Note Claims Management Magazine, June 2014
Reported Cases
- Taylor, et al. v. Aria Resorts & Casino
- KSSJ v. Asta Funding
- Moonin v. Nevada ex rel Its Dep't of Pub. Safety Highway Patrol, et al.
- Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.
- Nationstar Mortgage v. Rodriguez
Representative Cases
- Successively defended a third-party administrator in a bad faith claim where plaintiff asserted a claim for $50 million, including claims for punitive damages and intentional infliction of emotional distress, which damages were not awarded by the jury.
- Obtained a $4.8 million dollar verdict for an insurance company as a result of misrepresentations made by an insured on an insurance application.
- Successfully defended a hotel casino in a claim for lost wages by an employee who sued as a result of a battery committed by an off-duty co-worker.
- Obtained a summary judgment on behalf of a hotel casino on punitive damages claim involving allegations of excessive use of force and battery.
- Obtained a summary judgment on behalf of a hotel casino involving sexual assault claims by a guest against an employee.