Carrie McCrea Hanlon

Ms. Hanlon has been practicing civil litigation for 21 years, with emphasis on matters involving insurance defense, wrongful death,

product and premises liability and rental car law. Ms. Hanlon is licensed to practice before the Nevada Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She is also licensed to practice in the state of California.

Ms. Hanlon began her practice in Las Vegas with Beckley, Singleton, Delanoy, Jemison & List. She then went on to become a shareholder and Vice President of Thorndal, Armstrong, Delk, Balkenbush & Eisinger. Ms. Hanlon then opened Hanlon & Associates, the first staff law office in Las Vegas for Hartford Insurance. She spent the last 11 years as a partner in Pyatt Silvestri & Hanlon.

Ms. Hanlon is a native of California. She graduated from California Western School of Law in 1990. She obtained a B.S. in Behavioral Sciences from the University of California at Davis where she designed a major combining child development, psychology, education and linguistics. She then went on to complete a teaching credential covering grades K-9. Ms. Hanlon taught grades 1,3 8 and 9, then transitioned into the California State Attorney General’s office where she designed a curriculum on child abuse prevention. This led to the Foundation for Educational Services in Los Angeles where Ms. Hanlon authored two books on child abuse and toured the state giving over 60 continuing education courses for educators and medical professionals on their respective roles in identifying, reporting and preventing child abuse and neglect. Ms. Hanlon is also licensed as an Emergency Medical Technician.

Ms. Hanlon excels in the courtroom where she puts her background in education to good use, educating juries on the application of the law to the facts of the case with excellent results. In her free time, Ms. Hanlon volunteers with Golden Retriever Rescue of Southern Nevada, helping abandoned and displaced Goldens find forever homes. She currently has three Goldens of her own.