- Biography
- Education
- Bar Admissions
- Acknowledgments
- Professional Involvement
- Prominent Assignments
- Representative Clients
- Community Involvement
- Publications/Presentations
Eric Hone is an accomplished trial lawyer and litigator. He loves trying cases and is confident and eager to take cases to trial if satisfactory results cannot otherwise be had. His enthusiasm for trying cases permeates Hone Law’s approach to all its litigation matters, allowing the firm to maximize clients’ pre-trial resolution options while ensuring the most thorough preparedness for trial if needed. Eric and the firm’s trial team consistently take multiple cases to trial every year and regularly prevail on their clients’ behalf.
Outside the comfort of the courtroom, Eric finds joy with his family, bicycles, dog (Trajan), and desert tortoise (Milo). When not focused on a trial, arbitration, or evidentiary hearing, Eric prefers to satisfy his competitive spirit racing endurance road cycling events or barreling down trails on his mountain bike or snowboard.
In 2018, after years of personally observing the inefficiencies and misguided practices of BigLaw, Eric partnered with his most trusted advisor and collaborator to start a new legal model. Hone Law was created on a foundation of empirical data, science, and thoughtful consideration of the human experience of both clients and legal professionals.
Eric has achieved successful outcomes for numerous clients—both plaintiffs and defendants—across a wide range of industries. He has represented myriad clients including large multi-national companies, real estate development and construction companies, professional athletes, municipalities, start-up companies, closely held businesses, individuals, investors, and entrepreneurs.
Eric has tried, arbitrated, prevailed in dispositive motion practice, and beneficially resolved litigation matters across the spectrum: complex business disputes, franchise law, alter ego and successor liability, non-compete and trade secret disputes, intellectual property, financial services, building and heavy civil construction claims, director and officer liability, defamation/business disparagement, privileged licensing (gaming/alcohol/cannabis), and sports and entertainment.
- Duke University School of Law, J.D., 1997
- Utah State University, B.S., 1994
- Nevada
- Idaho
- Mountain States Super Lawyers, 2012-2023
- Top 100: Mountain States Super Lawyers, 2013-2015, 2019-2023
- Nevada Business: Legal Elite
- Vegas INC.: Top Lawyers
- Best Lawyers®, 2019-2024
- AV® Certification Rating by Martindale-Hubbell®
- Clark County Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association’s Litigation Section, Member
- American Bar Association’s Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries, Member
- American Bar Association’s Construction Litigation Committee, Member
- Representation of large gaming company in shareholder dispute resulting in a favorable resolution for the client, including dismissal of shareholder action.
- Representation of large electronics manufacturer in matter resulting in the entry of a multi-million dollar order in favor of the client.
- Representation of international sports promoter in contract and property rights claims resulting in a favorable settlement for the client.
- Representation of international construction and mining company resulting in summary dismissal of multi-million dollar claims against the client.
- Representation of large commercial and residential real estate developer in a construction contract and warranty dispute resulting in a multi-million dollar pre-trial settlement for the client.
- Representations of international combat sports promoters and professional athletes before the Nevada Athletic Commission related to various licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary proceedings.
- Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
- Zuffa, LLC d/b/a Ultimate Fighting Championship®
- Obayashi Corporation
- Top Rank, Inc.
- Station Casinos
- Lewis Management Corp.
- Hofbräuhaus of America
- Staatliches Hofbräuhaus en München
- Tryke Companies / Reef Dispensaries
- Verano / ZenLeaf
- IGEL Technology Corporation
- RAD Source Technologies
- Lewis Group of Companies
- Henderson Chamber of Commerce, Chair, IMPAC Political Action Committee
- Three Square Food Bank, Strategic Planning Committee
- Imprints Day School, a private non-sectarian pre-K through 6 institutions, Former Board of Directors Member
- Co-Author, “Solvency Considerations in Settlement: A Sticky Subject,” Nevada Lawyer, July 2008
- Co-Author, “Has the Death Knell Rung for Ladies’ Nights?,” Casino Enterprise Management, August 2009
- Former Editorial Board Member, The Idaho Statesman
- Co-Presenter, “Trial Skills; Direct Examinations,” Direct Examinations – Nevada’s 1st Annual Trial Skills Institute, January 2016