J. Douglas (Doug) Driggs Jr.

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Spencer Fane attorney Doug Driggs

Overview

Doug Driggs, a leader in real estate and corporate law, assists local, regional, and national clients with transactional and business needs. His practice includes real estate acquisition, disposition, financing, development, and leasing of master planned communities and office, industrial, multifamily, and retail properties as well as entity formation and structuring.

Doug has extensive experience representing sellers, buyers, lenders, and borrowers in complex real estate projects in Nevada and regionally. He has also been involved in structuring development and joint venture projects and assisting clients with their organizational strategies.

Serving as primary legal counsel to many clients, Doug assists with a wide range of business issues, often teaming with other attorneys at the firm to provide specialized legal services. He has represented many of Nevada’s premier developers of residential and commercial properties, including high-rise condominiums on the Las Vegas Strip, Lake Las Vegas (a major resort-style master-planned residential, hotel, shopping, and golf community), large multifamily projects, and first-class office developments. Doug also has extensive retail experience, assisting his clients with both acquisition and disposition of retail centers and leasing.

Additionally, Doug works with national and local banks and other lenders and has participated in the financing of many of Nevada’s major projects. He also assists clients with structuring and restructuring their business entities, including workouts of distressed projects.

Credentials

Education

  • University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law (J.D.), with distinction
  • Brigham Young University (B.S.)

Bar Admissions

  • Arizona
  • Nevada

Court Admissions

  • Nevada Supreme Court
  • Nevada Court of Appeals
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

  • Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate, 2013-2023
    • Lawyer of the Year, Real Estate, 2021
  • Super Lawyers, Mountain States, 2009-2019
  • Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent, 2020

  • American Bar Association
  • State Bar of Nevada
  • Clark County Bar Association