Viloria, Oliphant, Oster & Aman L.L.P.

A general practice with roots in Reno

Based in Reno, Nevada, this is a multi-practice law firm that dates its work to 1998. That gives it more than two decades of continuous practice in one city. For a general firm, that span matters, because clients often come back for different reasons across the years.

The practice is not built around a single kind of case. It covers personal injury, family law, criminal defense, estate planning, business law, commercial law, and construction law. A firm that reaches across that many areas usually serves individuals and small businesses that would rather keep several needs under one roof. That kind of combination is common among established regional firms, where a single relationship can cover much of a family's legal life.

Personal injury and criminal defense work

The injury caseload

Personal injury is one of the firm's stated areas, and the range within it is wide. The work includes car, truck, motorcycle, and pedestrian accidents. It also extends to wrongful death, slip and fall claims, spinal cord injuries, and traumatic brain injury cases.

These are matters where the medical facts and the money at stake can both run high. In my opinion, a firm that lists spinal cord and brain injury work next to routine car accidents is signaling that it takes the harder files, not only the quick ones.

Defense matters

On the criminal side, the firm handles DUI, drug, theft, sex, and violent crime charges. That is a broad defense practice. It suggests the firm is set up to appear in criminal court on a regular basis, rather than treating defense as an occasional add-on to civil work.

Family, estate and business matters

Family law forms another core part of the practice. The firm handles divorce, child custody, child support, alimony, property division, and guardianship. These cases tend to be personal and drawn out, so having them in the same office as the firm's other work can help a client who is dealing with more than one issue at a time.

Estate planning rounds out the personal side. The firm works on probate, trusts, and wills. For business clients, it handles corporate formation, along with commercial and construction matters. The construction work is described as covering litigation and liens, which points to real dispute experience rather than document drafting alone.

Taken together, these areas cover much of what a household or a small company runs into over time. A person might start with an estate plan, later need a family lawyer, and separately ask the same office about a business question. The firm is arranged to answer all three.

How the team is built

The firm names ten attorneys on its site. Thomas E. Viloria is listed as the Managing Partner. The partner group also includes R. Shawn Oliphant, Raymond E. Oster, Nathan J. Aman, Kelli Anne Viloria, James J. Barnes, and Jesse B. Kalter.

Three associate attorneys are named as well: Emilee N. Hammond, Christina J. Cullen, and Annaleise C. Gabica. That mix of seven partners and three associates is a fairly senior structure. It means much of the work is likely handled by lawyers who have been practicing for some time.

The firm states that its attorneys hold over 175 years of combined legal experience. Combined figures should be read with care, since they add every lawyer's years together and can flatter a large group. Still, spread across ten attorneys, the number points to a team with a real amount of time in practice.

Where the firm practices

The firm's reach is regional. It serves Northern Nevada, with named coverage of Reno, Sparks, Fernley, Carson City, and Lake Tahoe. The list extends to Douglas, Churchill, Lyon, and Pershing counties.

That footprint fits a firm that wants to be a local option across a wide area of small cities and rural counties, not only within Reno itself. Reno and Carson City anchor the more urban end of that map, while the county names reach into areas where fewer firms keep an office. For clients outside the city, an office that names their county by hand can feel closer than a distant practice in a larger market.

What stands out to a reviewer

What VerifiedLawFirms can confirm here is the shape of the practice, its location, and the people who staff it. The firm is clear about what it does and who does it, and it puts real names to each role. As a reviewer, that openness counts for something, because it lets a prospective client check the fit before making contact. It also means a reader is not left guessing at who might handle a file.

The firm does not, on the pages reviewed, publish case results, individual attorney backgrounds, or awards. That is a gap for anyone who wants to weigh a track record before choosing counsel, and it is worth asking about directly. Even so, the breadth of practice areas and the size of the named team give a fair picture of a settled general firm serving Northern Nevada. For a client in the Reno area with a mix of legal needs, this office is worth a direct conversation.