F. TRAVIS BUCHANAN practices in the areas of Personal Injury (auto accidents, truck accidents, premises liability, and wrongful death); Labor and Employment (discrimination, harassment, retaliation, arbitration under public sector and private industry collective bargaining agreements, and severance agreement negotiation), and Civil Rights/Police Abuse. He has extensive experience representing clients in state and federal courts in in the above-listed practice areas. Mr. Buchanan represents clients in a wide variety of industries as well as clients employed by various governmental entities.
Bar & Court Admissions
*Passed all Bar Exams on 1st Attempt
• State Bars of Nevada, California, and District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court, District of Nevada and Central District of California
• 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States, admitted en banc
Accolades
• 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012 – Listed as one of the Best Government Lawyers in Nevada, NV Business Magazine’s Legal Elite
Certificate of Congressional Recognition for Public Law Service, U.S. Congressman Steven Horsford (Nevada), 2014
• National Bar Association – Regional Director of the Year Award, 2012, President's Award, 2011
• Attorney of the Year – Las Vegas Chapter of the National Bar Association, 2010
• Who’s Who in Black Las Vegas “Emerging Leader,” – 2010
Certificate of Commendation for Leadership from U.S. Senator Harry Reid (Nevada), 2010
• Wiley W. Manual Award for Volunteer Legal Services, State Bar of California
Memberships
• American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section Member, and Employee Rights & Responsibilities Committee Member
• National Bar Association, Past President, (2007-2009), Las Vegas Affiliate Chapter; National Board of Directors (2011-2012), Past Regional Director (2011-2012), Region IX (AZ, CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, WA, AK, HI and Guam); Past Deputy Regional Director (2010-2011); Past Treasurer, Region IX (2007-2008); Past Secretary, Labor & Employment Section (2010-2012)
• Supreme Court of Nevada, Bench and Bar Committee Appointed Member 2009-2011
Clark County Indigent Defense Attorney Selection Committee, Appointed Member 2008-2011
LA County Bar Association Diversity in the Profession Committee
• Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Past Theta Pi Lambda Grad Chapter Legal Counsel & Past Vice President, Past President Mu Eta Chapter, UNLV/AZ State
• Sigma Pi Phi, Inc., Grand Boule
• 100 Black Men of Las Vegas, Inc.
Community
• Workforce Connections of Southern Nevada, Board of Directors 2009-2012
• LV Urban Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors 2011-2013
Education & Certificates
• J.D., Western State College of Law
Cambridge University, Gonville & Caius College
Summer International Programme of Instruction, Comparative Healthcare & Constitutional Law
Georgetown Law School eDiscovery Academy
• B.S., University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Lee College of Business 1992
Contact info:
(702) 331-5478
ftblaw@gmail.com