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6 Best Lawyers awards

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Biography

Joseph W. Brown is of counsel with Hutchison & Steffen PLLC in Las Vegas, Nevada. His practice includes the Government Relations Practice, government affairs, administrative law, and business law. Before joining Hutchison & Steffen, Mr. Brown was of counsel with Jolley Urga Woodbury & Holthus. He has received an AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell® and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for government relations law. He has also been recognized by Super Lawyers magazine for his work in business and corporate law in the five-state Mountain region.

Mr. Brown has served as chairman of the Government Affairs Practice Group of TerraLex, an international legal network. He was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the State Justice Institute and the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States. Throughout his career, Mr. Brown has served as a chairman or director of numerous business, civic, and charitable organizations, including The Nature Conservancy, the Nevada Department of Wildlife, the Nevada Development Authority, the Nevada Athletic Commission, the Nevada Military Support Alliance, the Nellis Air Force Base Support Team, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo. He also served as a member of the Nevada Gaming Commission, which regulates Nevada’s gaming industry.

Works at
Hutchison & Steffen PLLC

6 Best Lawyers awards

Hutchison & Steffen PLLC logo

Locations

Education

  • Washington and Lee University, Juris Doctor, graduated 1968
  • University of Virginia, Bachelor of Arts, English

Affiliations

  • F.B.I. Citizens Academy - Graduate
  • Desert Research Institute - Foundation Fellow
  • Western Folklife Center - Member-National Advisory Council
  • Nevada Athletic Commission - Member
  • City National Bank - Southern Nevada Advisory Board
  • Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance - Chairman/Member-Board of Directors
  • Commander - Nellis Air Force Base Support Team
  • Nevada Military Support Alliance - Founder/former Chair
  • Nevada Development Authority - Chairman
  • Nature Conservancy - Chairman
  • Nevada Athletic Commission - Commissioner
  • Nevada Department of Wildlife - Commissioner
  • Nevada Gaming Commission (2009-15) - Commissioner

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Government Relations Practice Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2018 - Government Relations Practice
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Government Relations Practice, Las Vegas (2025)
  • Government Relations Practice, Las Vegas (2018)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2027 for work in:
  • Government Relations Practice
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Administrative / Regulatory Law
Special Focus:
  • Development
  • Government Affairs
  • Government Contracts
  • Lobbying
  • Regulatory
Awards:
  • Super Lawyers-Business and Corporate Lawyers (Five State Mountain Region)

  • Outstanding Alumnus-Washington and Lee School of Law (2013)

  • Top Lawyers, Vegas, Inc. (2013)

  • Vegas Dozen, Class of 2013

  • “Legal Elite”, Nevada Business Magazine (2015)

  • Nevada’s Best Lawyers® (2013)

  • Anti-Defamation League, Jurisprudence Award (2018)

  • Honoree-Nevada Newsmakers (2016)

  • Board Member: State Justice Institute

  • Commissioner: Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the U.S. (1981-88)

  • National Guard Association of the United States Patrick Henry Award

  • Executive Leader Award – Collaboration Center Foundation (2020)

  • 2024 Distinguished Nevadan award – Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents

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