Mr. Willick is the principal of the firm. In addition to a full-time family law practice, he writes and lectures extensively on domestic relations and legal technology issues. Mr. Willick is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and a member of the Nevada, California, and American Bar Associations, and of the Family Law Sections of each of those Bar Associations. He chaired the Nevada State Bar Family Law Section from 1995 to 1997, and has the highest peer-review rating ("A/V") in the Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory.
In addition to litigating a multitude of trial court and appellate cases in Nevada, Mr. Willick has participated in hundreds of divorce and pension cases in the trial and appellate courts of about forty other states, and has participated in the drafting of various state and federal statutes in the areas of pensions, divorce, and property division. He has chaired the Congressional Relations, Military Pension/Benefits, Bankruptcy, and other Committees of the American Bar Association Family Law Section. He is a member of the ABA Section's Legislative Lobbying Task Force, and has represented the entire ABA in congressional hearings on military pension matters. He has served on many committees, boards, and commissions of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the State Bar and its Family Law Section, and other organizations, and is called upon to testify from time to time as an expert witness.
Mr. Willick received his B.A. from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas in 1979, with honors, and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. in 1982. Before entering private practice, Mr. Willick served on the Central Legal Staff of the Nevada Supreme Court for two years.
