Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2014 
Edgar Carranza is a partner with Hutchison & Steffen PLLC in Las Vegas, Nevada. His recognized practice areas include Commercial Litigation and Employment Law - Management. Edgar represents and counsels individuals, professionals, domestic and foreign corporations, businesses, standard-line insurers, and excess and surplus insurers in a broad range of civil litigation and business matters.
Edgar represents employers, businesses, and highly paid executives in employment disputes and workplace matters. His employment law practice includes claims involving wrongful termination, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, covenants not to compete, nonsolicitation agreements, nondisclosure agreements, and requests for injunctive relief. He also represents employers in administrative proceedings before the Nevada Equal Rights Commission and the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
His Commercial Litigation practice includes business disputes, professional liability defense, premises liability, product liability, insurance coverage, bad-faith claims, toxic torts, food liability, election law, and general civil litigation. Edgar has represented attorneys, physicians, pharmacists, chiropractors, physical therapists, insurance agents, real estate agents, management professionals, brokers, and mortgage professionals in professional malpractice matters in Nevada state and federal courts. He also assists with administrative licensing and disciplinary proceedings involving professionals.
Edgar defends sporting arenas, shopping centers, retailers, warehouses, entertainment venues, and other businesses in premises liability matters involving safety concerns, negligent security, violent assaults, battery, and wrongful death. His sports-related work includes transactional and litigation matters involving ski areas, equine and horse activities, racetracks, and boxing. He has appeared before the Nevada State Athletic Commission and has represented athletes, managers, professionals, and businesses before state administrative, licensing, and disciplinary agencies and in state and federal courts.
Edgar has served as Nevada defense counsel in state and federal courts in asbestos litigation, including MDL 875, and in other complex and multidistrict matters, including In re: Orthopedic Bone Screw Litigation, MDL 1014, silica litigation, tobacco litigation, and individually filed mass tort actions. He also handles jury trials, bench trials, administrative trials, evidentiary hearings, binding arbitrations, mediations, and appellate matters.
Edgar is admitted to practice before all Nevada state courts, the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States. He has presented oral arguments before the Nevada Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Edgar earned his Juris Doctor degree from Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in 1994. He earned dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Government and Latin American Studies from The University of Texas in 1990. While attending The University of Texas, he received the Texas Academic Achievement Award from 1987 through 1990 and was named to the Dean’s List.
Edgar is a member of the American Bar Association, including its Employment Law and Litigation sections; the State Bar of Nevada; the Clark County Bar Association; the International Association of Defense Counsel; and the Defense Research Institute. He participates in the Employment Law, Professional Liability, and Product Liability and Food Liability sections of the Defense Research Institute. Edgar is a founding member of the Nevada Latino Bar Association and previously served on its executive board and as Vice President of Finance. He is also a member of the Hispanic National Bar Association.
Edgar received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell in 2005. He was named a Mountain States Super Lawyers honoree from 2014 through the present and was previously recognized as a 2009 Mountain States Rising Star. He has also been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for Employment Law - Management from 2014 through the present. Edgar is a graduate of the IADC Trial Academy.
Edgar graduated from the Leadership Las Vegas program in 2010. He has served on the program’s Selection Committee, including as chair, participated on the Leadership Las Vegas Council, and served as Council Chair from 2019 through 2021. He remains active with the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce, the Society for Human Resource Management, and the Nevada Tavern Owners Association.
Edgar speaks, reads, and writes Spanish fluently and represents Spanish-speaking business owners and clients.
