Alan Nguyen, Esq.
Attorney
Alan L. Nguyen is an associate attorney at Leavitt Law Firm based in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he focuses his practice on divorce, child custody, and prenuptial agreements. Alan is drawn to family law broadly, including high-asset and complex divorces, property division, relocation and interstate custody disputes.
Alan earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Finance, from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2020. He began law school at just twenty years old and went on to earn his Juris Doctor from the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law in 2023. During law school, Alan externed with the City of Las Vegas City Attorney's Office and the Las Vegas Municipal Court, experiences that introduced him to public sector legal practice, courtroom procedure, and the responsibilities carried by attorneys and judicial officers.
After graduating from law school, Alan served for three years, from 2023 through 2026, as the Judicial Law Clerk to the now-retired Honorable Vincent Ochoa in the Eighth Judicial District Court, Family Division, Department S. Judge Ochoa spent nearly two decades on the family court bench and more than thirty years practicing family law before that, and he became Alan's most influential professional mentor. During his clerkship, Alan worked on thousands of family law matters, reviewing extensive filings and evidentiary records, researching complex family law issues, preparing case briefs, and drafting orders and decisions for the court's review. The position exposed him to divorce, child custody, alimony, complex property disputes, relocation, and interstate jurisdiction, among other areas of the law.
While in chambers, Alan regularly communicated with self-represented litigants who were frightened and overwhelmed, unsure of what would happen next. Because he worked for the court, he could not advise or advocate for either side, but he could listen and ensure every person was treated with patience and dignity. Those conversations made clear that a divorce or custody dispute is never just a case file; it is somebody’s entire life. It taught him to step back from the immediate conflict, identify what genuinely matters to the court, and understand how the facts, the law, the evidence, and each family's long-term interests fit together. That experience ultimately drew him to private practice, where he could advocate directly for clients and actively protect their rights.
Alan's approach to a new client's case is empathetic, strategic, candid, and detail-driven. He begins by listening carefully to the client's story, identifying priorities, and separating what requires immediate action from what can be resolved through careful planning or negotiation. He believes that genuinely wanting what is best for a client sometimes means being straightforward about difficult facts, risks, or unrealistic expectations, delivered respectfully and with a clear explanation of the available options.
After meeting with Alan, clients should feel heard, respected, and less overwhelmed, with a clear plan moving forward and someone experienced and genuinely invested in their corner.
A Las Vegas native, Alan has called the city home for his entire life, where he earned both his undergraduate and law degrees at UNLV before beginning his legal career in the local family court. He values the opportunity to build his career in and serve the community that raised and educated him. Outside the office, Alan enjoys playing chess, tennis, and practicing martial arts. He also has a gray Holland Lop rabbit named Leia, a free-roaming house bunny with an uncanny ability to appear silently at night and startle him, despite all of his self-defense training.