Tera K Andrews Ames - Ames & Ames, LLP

Tera is a Managing Partner in the Firm and is responsible for management of the Firm's Nevada and Utah offices. Her practice includes criminal defense, special counsel work for the Nevada State government, and all phases of general litigation. Tera currently serves as the Administrative Law Judge for Kamas City. She also spent over five years sitting as a Judge Pro Tempore in the North Las Vegas Justice Court of Clark County, NV. EMPLOYMENT Clark County, Nevada, Justice of the Peace Pro Tempore : March 2012 – Present, Nevada Secretary of State's Office. Special Counsel for Compliance : June 2011 – May 2012, Tharpe & Howell, LLP Associate Attorney: September 2009 – June 2011, Clark County District Attorney's Office Deputy District Attorney: 2001 – 2006, United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of WA Legal Intern: 1999 - 2001 EDUCATION Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA (J.D., 2001) Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (B.A., Anthropology, 1998) Oxford Brooks University, Oxford, England (Anthropological Studies, 1997) AWARDS/ HONORS Gonzaga Law Review, Associate Editor (2000-2001) Gonzaga University School of Law, Thomas More Scholar (1999-2001) Gonzaga University School of Law, Moot Court Council (2000-2001) Gonzaga Public Interest Law Project, Student Commitment to Public Service Award (2001)