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    Robert Eglet

    Founding Partner and Lead Trial Counsel | Eglet Law

    Robert Eglet is a product liability, mass torts and catastrophic injury trial lawyer and founding partner and lead trial counsel at Eglet Law in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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    (702) 450-5400
    350 South Rampart Boulevard
    Suite 310
    Las Vegas, Nevada 89145

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    Robert T. Eglet is a founding partner and lead trial counsel at Eglet Law in Las Vegas, Nevada. He represents victims of corporate negligence, product defects, catastrophic injuries and mass disasters in individual and mass tort cases.

    According to his firm biography, Eglet has secured more than $7 billion in verdicts and settlements. His results include a $3.08 billion verdict in a water contamination case, described as the largest product liability verdict in Nevada history, and $1.3 billion in opioid settlements for the State of Nevada. He also obtained $1.2 billion in three verdicts stemming from the 2008 Las Vegas hepatitis C outbreak and an $800 million settlement on behalf of victims of the 1 October Las Vegas mass shooting.

    Eglet is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates. The National Trial Lawyers named him National Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2013 and 2026 and inducted him into its Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame in 2026, and the Nevada Justice Association named him Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2005 and 2012.

    Eglet and his wife, Tracy Eglet, also a founding partner at the firm, have made gifts to the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, which named its advocacy center the Eglet Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution. He serves on the University of the Pacific Board of Regents and lectures on trial advocacy, jury psychology and product liability.

    Experience and Expertise

    Practice Areas

    Product Liability
    35%
    Mass Torts
    25%
    Catastrophic Injury
    25%
    Wrongful Death
    15%
    • Inner Circle of Advocates
    • The Round Table
    • Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
    • University of the Pacific (Board of Regents)
    • Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame, The National Trial Lawyers (2026)
    • National Trial Lawyer of the Year, The National Trial Lawyers (2013, 2026)
    • Trial Lawyer of the Year, Nevada Justice Association (2005, 2012)
    • National Lawyer of the Year, Lawyers USA
    • Keith Givens Visionary Award for work in the 1 October litigation
    • Thurgood Marshall Fighting for Justice Award
    • Martindale-Hubbell AV rating
    • $3.08 Billion Verdict: Water contamination case; described on his firm biography as the largest product liability verdict in Nevada history.
    • $1.3 Billion Opioid Settlements: Settlements for the State of Nevada, described as among the highest per capita in the country.
    • $1.2 Billion in Three Verdicts: Stemming from the largest medically caused hepatitis C outbreak in U.S. history, which occurred in Las Vegas in 2008.
    • $800 Million Settlement: On behalf of victims of the 1 October Las Vegas mass shooting, reached with MGM Resorts.
    • $42 Million Verdict: Verdict that led to industry-wide reforms in off-road motorcycle gear manufacturing.

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