Paul S. Lychuk
- 3572 Red Fir Street
Las Vegas, Nevada 89135 - Office Phone: (702) 245-6872
- Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan
- Date Appointed: 1/3/23
- Number of Cases Mediated: 29
- Current As Of: 1/2/25
- Workers' Compensation, Alternative Dispute Resolution - general civil litigation; premises liability; contract/lease disputes; tort litigation; creditors' rights
- Nevada (1987)
- United States Supreme Court (1991)
- Federal/Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (1990)
- Federal/U.S. Circuit Court (1989)
- State Bar of Nevada - Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Public Lawyers Section - 2018-present
- State Bar of Nevada - Functional Equivalency Committee - 2008 - 2024
- Howard D. McKibben American Inn of Court - 2005 - 2010
- National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary - 2000 - 2008
- American Bar Association - 1987 - 1994
- Clark County Bar Association - 1987 - 1990
- U.S. Supreme Court Fellow - National Association of Attorneys General - 1991
Supreme Court Mediation History:
Areas of Practice:
Bar Memberships:
| Colleges | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Location | Start | End | Type | Degree |
| University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming | 1977 | 1981 | Undergraduate, Finance | B.S. (1981) |
| Law Schools | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Location | Start | End | Degree |
| University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming | 1981 | 1984 | J.D. (1984) |
| Professional Experience | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Location | Description | Start | End |
| State of Nevada - Department of Administration | Las Vegas | Appeals Officer: Hearing and adjudication of workers' compensation appeals. Also, adjudicated cases as a Hearing Officer for occupational license revocations; employment terminations, prevailing wage disputes; Medicaid and healthcare benefits disputes; and victims of crimes matters | 2000 | 2020 |
| State of Nevada - Attorney General's Office | Senior/Deputy Attorney General: administrative law; gaming law; criminal law; Title VII/employment law; contract law; open meeting law; constitutional law | 1989 | 2000 | |
| Private Sector | Insurance defense and construction defect litigation | 1986 | 1989 | |
| Mediation and Other ADR Training | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Location | Description | Date |
| Nevada Judicial College | Reno | 10-day Administrative Law Judge training | 2001 |
| Howard D. McKibben Inn of Court | Las Vegas | Obstacles to Settlement | 2005 |
| Nevada Judicial College | Reno | 3-day Alternative Dispute Resolution training | 2006 |
| State Bar of Nevada | Las Vegas | ADR training | 2008 |
| Howard D. McKibben Inn of Court | Las Vegas | Foreclosure Mediation | 2009 |
| Howard D. McKibben Inn of Court | Las Vegas | Art of Negotiation and Settlement | 2010 |
| University of Nevada - Las Vegas | Psychology of Negotiation, Mediation Ethics and Appellate Court Practice Tips | 2015 | |
| University of Nevada - Las Vegas | 5-day Mediation Essentials | 2020 | |
| University of Nevada - Las Vegas | The Neuroscience of Conflict Resolution | 2020 | |
| State Bar of Nevada | A Practitioner's Guide to the Nuts and Bolts of Negotiation | 2021 | |
| State Bar of Nevada | Arbitration over Litigation | 2022 | |
| Nevada Supreme Court | Nevada Settlement Judge & Senior Judge 2023 Workshop | 2023 | |
| Nevada Supreme Court | Las Vegas | Preparation, Stakeholders, Malpractice, and Agreements: Issues All Professional Mediators Will Encounter | 2024 |
| Nevada Supreme Court | When to Remove and How Hard to Push | 2025 | |
| Nevada Supreme Court | The Problem Attorney - How to Handle Aggressive/Defensive/Non-Responsive Attorneys | 2025 | |
| Nevada Supreme Court | Failure to Participate in Good Faith in the Settlement Conference Process and Sanctions | 2025 | |
| Mediation and Other ADR Experience | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Location | Description | Start | End |
| Arbitrator | Las Vegas | Eighth Judicial District Court Annexed Arbitration Program | 2008 | Present |
| Appeals Officer Nevada Department of Administration | Occasional mediations in pending workers' compensation appeals | 2000 | 2020 | |
| Deputy Attorney General U.S. District Court | Early neutral evaluations before U.S. Magistrates in pending Title VII actions | 1989 | 1992 | |