Team

Tammy focuses on commercial and complex litigation. Representing both individuals and large public and private corporations, her diverse practice encompasses business torts, partnership breakups, breach of contract disputes, corporate governance disputes, eminent domain, legal malpractice defense, class actions and intellectual property disputes.

An experienced trial attorney, Tammy has taken over 30 jury trials to verdict, and has taken numerous bench trials to decision. She has successfully argued appeals before the Nevada Supreme Court, and she has significant experience before various alternative dispute resolution forums and administrative agencies. She is a Fellow with the American College of Trial Lawyers, an honor reserved for the top 1% of trial lawyers in the United States and upon which admission is granted by invitation only, based upon the recommendation of the judges they practice before and the opponents they try cases against. Tammy has been ranked by Chambers USA, and has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America, and the Litigation Counsel of America. Tammy is a member of the Trial Law Institute and Diversity Law Institute. She also qualifies as a Barrister in the Order of Veritas.

Prior to co-founding Peterson Baker, PLLC, Tammy was a shareholder with the law firms Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, and Jones Vargas, Chtd., in Las Vegas. She began her career as a prosecutor in the Clark County District Attorney’s office in 1996 and was a member of the Special Victims Unit, prosecuting cases of child abuse, child homicide, and sexual assault. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Philip M. Pro, United States District Court, District of Nevada, from 1994 to 1996.

A native Nevadan, Tammy is devoted to serving her community. An advocate for children in the Las Vegas area, she is a past President of the Junior League of Las Vegas, and she currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Nevada Children’s Medical Center Foundation.

Community

• Board of Directors, Nevada Children’s Medical Center Foundation, 2015-present (Chairman, 2016-present)
  
• Board of Directors, Junior League of Las Vegas, 2002-2006 (President, 2005-2006; Chairman, Endowment Board of Trustees, 2016-present)
  
• Board of Directors, Better Business Bureau, 2001-present (Chairman, 2007)
  

Education

• J.D., 1994, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
  
• B.A., 1991, UCLA
  

Admissions

• Nevada
  
• U.S. District Court, District of Nevada
  
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  

Recognition

• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
  
• Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
  
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• Chambers USA, 2014-present
  
• Best Lawyers in America, 2014-present
  

Nikki’s primary focus has been on commercial and civil litigation; however, she has a broad litigation background, ranging from inverse condemnation to contract disputes to intellectual property disputes, and has worked on large, complex cases on behalf of some of Nevada’s largest companies. Nikki has tried and prosecuted cases in state and federal court, as well as in various alternative dispute resolutions settings. However, her strong brief writing and extensive research skills often keep her clients out of the courtroom due to her success in pre-trial motion practice. Nikki has also successfully argued appeals before the Nevada Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition, Nikki is on the Roster of Neutrals with the American Arbitration Association. Prior to co-founding Peterson Baker, PLLC, Nikki was a shareholder at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP in Las Vegas.  She began her career as an associate at Kummer Kaempfer Bonner & Renshaw.

Education

• J.D. With Distinction, 1998, The University of Oklahoma College of Law
• Study abroad: Oxford University, Summer 1996
• B.A., 1995, The University of Oklahoma

Admissions

• Nevada
• U.S. District Court, District of Nevada
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Recognition

• AV® Preeminent™, Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating
• Chambers USA, 2017-present
• Best Lawyers in America, 2020

Membership

• State Bar of Nevada
• American Bar Association
• Clark County Bar Association