Mr. Standish has been practicing in Las Vegas, Nevada for over 25 years, devoting his practice exclusively to family law litigation with emphasis on significant contested matters. He has litigated innumerable highly complex cases and is recognized as one of the leading trial lawyers in family law in the State of Nevada. He has lectured extensively to attorneys; serves as a mediator in complex divorce cases; is an adjunct professor at the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada -- Las Vegas; and is a past president of the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Standish attended the University of Nevada -- Reno and the University of Toronto and obtained his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada in 1977.