Eglet Law

Civil litigation centered on serious injury

Based in Las Vegas, Eglet Law handles personal injury and civil litigation. Its work includes catastrophic injuries, fatal accidents, defective products, insurance disputes, and mass tort claims. The website says the firm has represented victims across the United States since 1988.

The listed accident work covers cars, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians. The firm also handles premises liability, dangerous drug, and sexual assault cases. Each category can involve different evidence, defendants, insurers, and filing rules.

Vehicle and roadway cases

A roadway claim usually begins with evidence about how the collision happened. Police reports, photographs, witness accounts, vehicle records, medical records, and electronic data may all matter. Truck cases can also involve driver logs, maintenance records, cargo records, and policies kept by the carrier.

Motorcycle, bicycle, and pedestrian cases often require close study of visibility, traffic controls, road design, and driver conduct. Injury evidence also shapes the claim. A lawyer may need to connect the collision to medical treatment, time away from work, and future care needs.

Brain and spinal injuries

Eglet Law lists brain and spine injuries among its practice areas. These cases can require records from emergency care, imaging, surgery, rehabilitation, and later medical visits. Family observations may also document changes in memory, movement, behavior, or daily function.

Future effects often become a major part of the legal analysis. Medical professionals may address the likely course of treatment and the need for assistance. Financial evidence may address lost earnings and other economic effects.

Products, property, and fatal harm

The product liability work includes defective products and dangerous drugs. A product claim may examine design choices, manufacturing records, warnings, testing, distribution, and the way a person used the item. The available legal theories depend on the product and the governing law.

Premises liability cases usually focus on property conditions, notice, inspections, maintenance, and the events before an injury. Wrongful death claims add questions about who may bring the case and which losses the law permits. Courts apply state rules to those issues.

Mass tort and insurance work

The firm's civil docket extends beyond individual accident claims. Eglet Law lists mass torts, product cases, and insurance bad faith among its areas of work. Erica D. Entsminger focuses on mass tort litigation, product liability, and multidistrict litigation.

Coordinated claims involving shared harm

Mass tort litigation brings together claims that share a product, event, or alleged course of conduct. Each claimant still has an individual history and set of injuries. Common evidence may concern product development, warnings, corporate records, or scientific questions.

A federal judicial panel may transfer related federal cases to one court for coordinated pretrial work. The assigned judge may oversee document exchange, depositions, expert issues, and motions that affect many claims. Individual cases may later return to their original courts for trial.

Settlement programs can also use claim forms, medical proof, exposure records, and review criteria. Claimants may receive different outcomes because their evidence and injuries differ. Deadlines deserve close attention in any coordinated proceeding.

Insurance bad faith disputes

Jack F. DeGree represents personal injury clients and people harmed by insurance bad faith. These disputes often turn on the policy language and the insurer's handling of a claim. Letters, claim notes, investigation records, coverage positions, and payment decisions may supply the factual record.

Insurance cases can involve a policyholder's own insurer or an insurer responding to a claim against its customer. The governing duties vary with the policy and state law. Courts may examine the timing and basis of the insurer's decisions.

How the attorney team is built

The website identifies eight attorneys, with two founding partners, three other partners, and three associates. Robert T. Eglet is founding partner and lead trial counsel. Tracy A. Eglet is also a founding partner.

Founding partners and trial leadership

Robert Eglet is lead trial counsel in the firm's major cases. The firm links his work to corporate negligence, defective products, catastrophic injuries, and mass disasters. His stated role gives prospective clients a clear account of who leads major trial matters.

Tracy Eglet has handled negotiation, mediation, settlement work, and jury selection. The website credits her with hundreds of injury and product defect settlements. It also says she has managed and mediated hundreds of cases.

In my opinion, the site gives useful detail about the different roles of the two founding partners. Robert's profile centers on lead trial work. Tracy's profile records extensive involvement in settlement, mediation, case management, and jury selection.

Partners and associates

Erica D. Entsminger is a partner whose stated focus covers mass torts, product liability, and multidistrict litigation. Jack F. DeGree is a partner and trial attorney. He is a lifelong Las Vegas resident and a former CPA.

Joseph J. Troiano is the third partner named on the attorney page. Jordan A. Eglet, Nate E. Swanis, and Raimundo F. Leon are associates. Nate Swanis holds a JD and an MBA, while Raimundo Leon's work includes trial preparation.

Those profiles identify a mix of trial, settlement, coordinated litigation, financial, and preparation roles. The stated duties also help explain how the firm assigns work within larger matters. The attorney page keeps the titles clear.

Support used in case development

The team also includes former insurance defense lawyers, forensic professionals, and a full-time animator. Former defense lawyers may bring familiarity with insurer procedures and defense case assessment. Forensic work may assist with technical evidence, while animation can explain events or injuries through visuals.

Visual evidence needs a sound basis in records, testimony, measurements, or other admissible material. Courts may review whether an animation fairly illustrates the evidence. A full-time animator gives the firm an identified internal resource for that work.

Published outcomes and professional recognition

The firm's website attributes more than $7 billion in verdicts and settlements to Robert Eglet. It connects that figure to victims of corporate negligence, product defects, catastrophic injuries, and mass disasters. The figure is a cumulative claim about his work, rather than a result promised for any future matter.

The website credits Tracy Eglet with helping clients recover more than $350 million through injury and product defect matters. It also says she selected juries whose verdicts exceeded $50 million. These statements describe her past work across multiple cases.

Recognition listed for Robert Eglet

Robert Eglet received the Nevada Justice Association's Trial Lawyer of the Year honor in 2005 and 2012. The site also lists his selection to the Inner Circle of Advocates in 2018. The dates and naming bodies make these entries easy to identify.

Past outcomes and professional honors provide background about an attorney's record. A prospective client still needs to consider the facts, law, available insurance, defendants, and evidence in a current claim. Every injury case follows its own record.

How these matters usually move

An injury case often starts with an investigation and a review of the applicable filing deadline. Lawyers gather records, preserve physical or electronic evidence, and identify the people or companies that may bear legal responsibility. Medical progress can affect when the parties can assess the full extent of harm.

Claims, discovery, and court decisions

A claimant may first present evidence and a demand to an insurer or defendant. Negotiation can occur before or after a lawsuit begins. Mediation gives the parties a structured setting to discuss resolution with a neutral mediator.

Once a lawsuit enters court, each side can request documents, submit written questions, and take depositions. The judge resolves legal disputes and sets deadlines. A jury may decide contested facts and damages when the case reaches trial.

Trial preparation includes witness planning, exhibit review, motions, and the presentation of technical or medical evidence. Raimundo Leon's profile specifically identifies trial preparation as part of his work. Robert Eglet's role as lead trial counsel also connects directly to this stage.

Documents that can shape an evaluation

Clients often begin with medical records, insurance correspondence, incident reports, photographs, and witness contact details. Product cases may call for the item itself, packaging, instructions, receipts, and recall notices. Insurance disputes may depend heavily on the policy and the full claim file.

A clear timeline can help counsel connect the event, symptoms, treatment, work loss, and communications. Preserving original files can protect useful metadata and context. Early record collection can also reduce the risk that a business discards material under its normal retention policy.

Local reach and language access

The firm covers Las Vegas and Henderson, and its stated representation history reaches clients across the United States. National work can arise in mass torts and other litigation that involves coordinated claims. Local matters may draw on Jack DeGree's lifelong connection to Las Vegas.

The practice descriptions give prospective clients several concrete points to assess: the type of claim, the attorney roles, and the firm's internal case resources. The named areas cover individual injuries and claims involving groups of injured people. Eglet Law also states that Spanish-language service is available.