Current Employment Position(s)

Managing Partner

Lawyer Overview

With extensive experience in all aspects of divorce, family law, bankruptcy and collection law Stacy has aggressively and successfully represented numerous clients.

Known for her tenacious and unswerving commitment to obtaining the best possible outcome for her clients, Stacy's reputation as an experienced and hard hitting Nevada divorce and collections litigator is well deserved. Her clients appreciate her honest and forthright understanding of their particular legal needs, and her opponents respect her vigorous negotiating skills, tireless dedication to her position, and bold determination in the court room.

Stacy M. Rocheleau graduated from Whittier College in Los Angeles in 1991 with a Bachelor's Degree in Business. She then received her Doctorate in Jurisprudence from the University of San Diego Law School in 1996. After receiving her law degree, Stacy began as an associate attorney practicing in the fields of business law and family law for a local Las Vegas firm.

Stacy Rocheleau is a member of the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association, Commercial Law League of America, and having been admitted and qualified to practice before the Nevada District Court, U.S. District Court and 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. a member in good standing of the Nevada Bar Association, the Commercial Law League of America, the National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys, and the Association of Credit and Collection Professionals are also members of all major law lists, including The Columbia List and The National List.

She is a member of the Clark County Bar Association, the Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys, National Association of Women Business Owners – Southern Nevada Chapter, and is a member of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. Rocheleau was featured by the Business Press in their Entrepreneur section in May 2005, she was named as a "Who's who" by In Business in 2006, and won the "Power Siblings" category (along with her two sisters and one brother) at the In Business “People of Influence” awards in November 2006.

She is also on the founding board of directors for the Women of Distinction Foundation, a newly-established foundation formed in conjunction with the National Association of Women Business Owners to assist women business owners in furthering their businesses with a micro-loan program. Through donations, this foundation will provide small (under $35,000) short-term loans for low and moderate-income women entrepreneurs and/or women-owned businesses for start-up and expansion of a business, or for equipment, inventory, supplies and/or working capital.

Stacy is also a new member of The Women's Leadership Council of the United Way of Southern Nevada which was created more than a year ago to help improve lives through education, health care and financial stability. The Council is a vehicle to encourage philanthropy, to inspire other women leaders to join in creating lasting change in our community and to raise the necessary dollars it takes to feed the hungry and provide shelter to the homeless.

Areas of Practice

• Divorce, Legal Separation, Paternity 50%
• Child Custody, Child Support, Visitation 25%
• Guardianships 10%
• Prenuptial, Domestic Partnership and Marital Settlement Agreements 5%
• Adoption 5%
• Estate Planning and Probate 5%

West Practice Categories

Estate Planning, Elder Law, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Family Law, Adoption, Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Childrens' Rights, Collaborative Law, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Domestic Violence & Neglect, Juvenile Law, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements, Health & Health Care Law, Medicare & Medicaid, Bankruptcy Litigation, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration, Landlord/Tenant, Residential Real Estate

Bar Admissions

• Nevada, 2001
• U.S. District Court District of Nevada, 2003
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2005

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Clark County Bar Association (Member)
• Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys
• Nevada Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Commercial Law League of America (Member)
• Nevada Bar Association (Member)
• Commercial Law League of America (Member)
• National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys (Member)
• Association of Credit and Collection Professionals (Member)
• The Columbia List (Member)
• The National List (Member)
• National Association of Women Business Owners, Southern Nevada Chapter (Member)
• Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce (Member)
• Women of Distinction Foundation (Founding Board of Directors)
• United Way of Southern Nevada, The Women's Leadership Council (New Member)

Honors and Awards

• "Who's who in Law" by In Business, 2006
• In Business "People of Influence" Awards, 2006

Education

• University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California, 1996
  J.D.
• Whittier College, Los Angeles, California, 1991
  B.A.
  Honors: With Honors
  Major: Business Administration/Taxation

Address

375 N Stephanie Street
Building 2
Henderson, NV 89014-8771

Phones

702-838-7200
702-553-3084

Faxes

702-838-3636

Emails

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Websites

http://www.rocheleaulaw.com