Jessica C. Prunty, Esq.

Jessica focuses her practice on business, estate planning and estate and trust administration. Over the course of her legal career, Jessica has handled numerous contracting and transactional matters for her business clients, including issues dealing with intellectual property and rapidly developing tech.

She is also an experienced litigator and has represented clients on complex matters before various administrative agencies, including the Nevada State Engineer, the Nevada Public Utilities Commission and the Nevada Department of Taxation, as well in Nevada’s District Courts and Supreme Court.

Since 2009, Jessica has served as general counsel to Noble Studios, an international digital marketing firm with offices in Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada, and Bristol, UK.  She is also general counsel to the Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency, its Governing Board and Planning Commission.

Jessica is a Native Nevadan who grew up at the base of the Ruby Mountains in Lamoille, Nevada. She and her husband moved to Carson City in 1999, where they still reside and raised their children. They enjoy travel and are outdoor enthusiasts with a love of the mountains.

EDUCATION

• Willamette University (Juris Doctorate – 1999)
  Note Editor, Willamette University Law Review
  Deans List: Spring 1997, Fall 1997, Spring 1998, Fall 1998
• University of Nevada, Reno (Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business – 1995)
  Deans List: Spring 1992, Fall 1993, Spring 1994, Fall 1994, Spring 1995
  College of Agriculture – Top Graduating Senior

PROFESSIONAL

• Prunty Law (January 2022 – present)
• Azevedo & Prunty (July 2020 – December 2021)
• Dyer Lawrence, LLP
  Partner (January 2009 – June 2020)
  Associate (June 2000 – December 2008)
• Carson City Municipal and Justice Court, Judge Pro Tem (2014 – present)
• First Judicial District Court of Nevada, Law Clerk to the Honorable Michael R. Griffin (1999 – 2000)
• Oregon Department of Justice
  Law Clerk, Special Litigation Unit (1997 – 1999)

COURT ADMISSIONS

• Supreme Court of Nevada, 2000
• U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, 2000

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• State Bar of Nevada
• First Judicial District Bar Association
• Estate Planning Council of Northern Nevada, Treasurer
• Pro Bono work for Volunteer Attorney’s for Rural Nevadans (2000 to present)
• Board Member, FISH (Friends in Service Helping)

PUBLICATIONS

• Contributing Editor for Nevada, Western Water Law & Policy Reporter (2005-2014)
• Correspondent for Nevada, ABA Water Resources Year in Review (2004-2014)

COURSE/SEMINAR INSTRUCTION

• Water Law Basics, NALS Region 7 & 8 Conference, Las Vegas (2009)
• NBI, Zoning and Land Use Law (2019)

RECOGNITION/AWARDS

• Volunteer Attorneys of Rural Nevadans (VARN) – pro bono service (2005, 2012-2019)
• Champion of Justice Pro Bono award (2010)

Caitlin R. Prunty

Caitlin was born and raised in Carson City and moved to Washington in 2001. After receiving her B.A. from Eastern Washington University in Business Administration in 2006, she earned her Paralegal certificate from the University of Washington – Tacoma. Caitlin worked as the sole paralegal for a construction litigation firm in Seattle for four years. After her interest in the practice of law was confirmed, she returned to eastern Washington to attend Gonzaga University School of Law.

Caitlin received her J.D. in 2013 and worked as an associate attorney in a small construction law firm in Spokane before taking time off from the practice of law to start a family. During that time, Caitlin served as the Director of Operations for a financial planning firm, which sparked her interest in estate planning and ultimately led her to open a solo-practice estate planning firm.

Caitlin approaches her work from a place of service and compassion. Throughout law school, she was heavily involved in public service activities including the Moderate Means Program, Gonzaga’s Public Interest Law Project, and Gonzaga Law’s Environmental Law Clinic. With a desire to return to public service, Caitlin ceased private practice and now serves as the Deputy City Attorney for the City of Spokane Valley. Her work focuses on civil enforcement / prosecution and land use. However, she enjoys supplementing her work by assisting Prunty Law in estate planning matters – the best of both worlds.

Caitlin’s passions include spending time horseback in the Jarbidge Wilderness with her dad, running, reading, and adventures with her family. She resides in Spokane with her partner David and their three children.

Education

• Gonzaga University School of Law (Juris Doctor – 2013)
• Eastern Washington University (Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration – 2006)
• Professional Memberships/Community Activities
• Washington State Bar Association
• Spokane County Bar Association
• Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys