About Jason Guinasso

Jason D. Guinasso grew up in Reno, Nevada, and leads GGRM's statewide personal injury practice. He graduated cum laude from the University of Nevada, Reno, with a Bachelor's in Political Science, then earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Oregon School of Law. He was admitted to practice in Nevada in 2003 and California in 2005, and is licensed to appear before the Federal District Court of Nevada and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Since 2003, he has handled catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, and his appellate advocacy has produced several published decisions that changed Nevada law and policy. He is also a civil litigator known for his trial and legal writing skills. Outside his practice at GGRM, Jason maintains Guinasso Law, a pro bono public advocacy firm focusing on survivors of sexual assault and commercial sexual exploitation.

Proven verdicts and settlements at GGRM Law Firm

These results are credited to GGRM Law Firm. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

Verdict

The Nevada Supreme Court adopted a totality-of-circumstances test for the law-enforcement exception to the going-and-coming rule, affirming workers' compensation coverage for a Las Vegas Metro traffic officer injured while commuting after his sergeant ordered him to get motorcycle seat time.

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Verdict

The Nevada Supreme Court's 1991 ruling in Falline v. GNLV Corp. recognized that self-insured employers can face bad-faith tort liability for wrongfully denying workers' compensation claims, a holding the legislature later addressed by enacting NRS 616D.030.

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Verdict

The Nevada Supreme Court ruled in 2008 that employees required to drive for work face employment-related road risks, adopting the actual street-risk rule and extending the special-errand exception to include return journeys, in a workers' compensation case argued by GGRM's Gabriel Martinez.

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Verdict

The Nevada Supreme Court ruled in 1993 that Texaco could not claim workers' compensation immunity for injuries suffered by an employee of its wholly owned subsidiary, reversing a summary judgment that had blocked the injured worker's lawsuit.

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Verdict

GGRM attorney Jason Mills secured a Nevada Supreme Court ruling that 'full wages' under the workers comp reopening statute includes overtime pay, giving Henderson firefighter Brian Wolfgram lifetime rights to reopen his claim.

Nevada Supreme Court · 2021Workplace InjuryRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Oregon School of Law
J.D.
University of Nevada, Reno
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Nevada, admitted 2003
State Bar of California, admitted 2005

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.