McDonald Carano
Employment and labor litigation; Tier 1 ranked in Best Law Firms 2026 for Las Vegas
Free ConsultationHourly $300–$500📍 Las Vegas
Fired, harassed, or shorted on pay in Las Vegas? An employment lawyer can tell you fast whether what happened to you was illegal or just unfair, and the two are not the same. Nevada is an at-will state, which means an employer can fire you for almost any reason, or no reason, but not for an illegal one: not because of your race, sex, age, religion, disability, or national origin, and not in retaliation for reporting harassment, filing a workers' comp claim, or taking protected leave. Discrimination claims usually start with a charge filed at the Nevada Equal Rights Commission or the federal EEOC, and lawsuits land in the Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County. Nevada law, NRS chapter 613, backs up these protections at the state level. Most Las Vegas employment attorneys offer a free consultation, take strong cases on contingency at roughly 33%–40%, and otherwise charge $300–$500 an hour. The firms below handle wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage-and-hour disputes for Las Vegas workers.
Updated June 16, 2026
Employment and labor litigation; Tier 1 ranked in Best Law Firms 2026 for Las Vegas
Wrongful termination and employment litigation; builds every case for trial
Discrimination, wrongful termination, wage-and-hour, and severance review
Employment disputes and litigation across the Las Vegas metro
Discrimination, sexual harassment, employment contracts, and wrongful termination
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At-will employment trips up a lot of people. In Nevada, your employer generally can fire you without warning and without a good reason. What they cannot do is fire you for an illegal reason. That includes discrimination based on a protected trait, retaliation for reporting harassment or safety problems, filing a workers' comp claim, or taking leave you are legally entitled to. The honest first question an employment lawyer asks is whether your situation falls into one of those illegal buckets, because "my boss was unfair" and "my boss broke the law" lead to very different places.
Most discrimination and harassment claims have to start with an administrative charge, not a lawsuit. You file with the Nevada Equal Rights Commission or the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, usually within 300 days of what happened, and that step is a prerequisite to suing. The deadlines are strict and missing one can end an otherwise strong case, which is the main reason to talk to a lawyer early. Wage-and-hour problems, unpaid overtime, off-the-clock work, withheld final pay, run on a separate track under Nevada and federal law, and Nevada has its own minimum-wage and daily-overtime rules that differ from many other states. When a case proceeds to court, it is generally filed in the Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County or in federal court.
On cost, most Las Vegas employment attorneys give a free initial consultation and take strong termination, discrimination, and wage cases on contingency, commonly 33%–40% of any recovery, so you pay only if you win. Hourly representation runs $300–$500 when contingency does not fit, such as negotiating a severance or advising on a non-compete. Bring your documents to the first meeting: the offer letter, handbook, pay stubs, termination notice, and any emails or texts. They often decide the case faster than your memory of events does.