
Partner
Nathan Ring
Nate Ring oversees the firm’s Las Vegas office. He concentrates his practice in the areas of labor, employment, ERISA, election law, litigation and appellate law. He has represented working people and their unions across Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
Practice Areas
- Employment & Labor
- ERISA Trust Funds
- Election Law
- Litigation
- Appellate Law
Biography
Nate Ring oversees the firm’s Las Vegas office. He concentrates his practice in the areas of labor, employment, ERISA, election law, litigation and appellate law. He has represented working people and their unions across Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
Mr. Ring serves as general counsel to the Nevada State AFL-CIO, Southern Nevada Building Trades Unions, the Building and Construction Trades Council of Northern Nevada, and numerous local labor unions. He has also serves as counsel to numerous union-affiliated political action committees. He represents clients in federal and state trial and appellate courts, before administrative agencies, in arbitrations and mediations, and in the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements.
Mr. Ring earned his B.A. in public affairs in 2007 from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. During his undergraduate studies, he managed and worked on Democratic political campaigns and interned for United States Senator Debbie Stabenow. He graduated cum laude in 2010 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law. During law school, he served as an elected officer of the Student Bar Association and as a law clerk for the UAW International legal department at Solidarity House in Detroit, Michigan. He was awarded the Dean’s Graduation Award for Outstanding Achievement and Contribution to the Law School.
Following law school, Mr. Ring clerked for a Nevada District Court Judge, then began his practice of law in the representation of labor unions and employee benefit trust funds. In 2015, he received the Go-to Guy Award from the Nevada State AFL-CIO for advice and counsel provided to the state federation of labor and its affiliates during the 2015 Legislative Session. He received the Labor Partner of the Year Award from the Southern Nevada Building Trades Unions in 2022. He is a member of the AFL-CIO Union Lawyers Alliance (ULA), International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) and was recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in Labor and Employment Law from 2014 – 2020.
A native of Michigan, Mr. Ring now resides in Las Vegas with his wife, Nevada Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, and their three sons, Case, Cole and Camden. When not practicing law, he enjoys spending time with his family, watching football (Go Lions!), baseball (Go Tigers!), and hockey (Go Knights Go!) and playing an occasional round of golf (poorly).
Education
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2010)
- Wayne State University (B.A., Public Affairs 2007)
- Schoolcraft College (A.A. 2004)
Bar Admissions
- Nevada
- Washington
- Oregon
- U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
- U.S. District Court – District of Nevada
- U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington
- U.S. District Court – District of Oregon
Memberships
- State Bar of Nevada
- Washington State Bar Association
- Oregon State Bar
- International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
- AFL-CIO Union Lawyers Alliance
Experience
- Lehman v. Nelson, 943 F.3d 891 (9th Cir. 2019)
- Glazing Health & Welfare Fund v. Lamek, 896 F.3d 908 (9th Cir. 2018)
- Airline Division v. Allegiant Air, LLC, 788 F.3d 1080 (9th Cir. 2015)
- Lehman v. Nelson, 862 F.3d 1203 (9th Cir. 2017)
Presentations
- “Strategize for Conscious Capital for Turbulent Times,” Made in America Taft-Hartley Benefits Summit (2021)
- “LMRDA: An Overview,” Southern Nevada Building Trade Unions Conference (2021)
- “Update on the Substance Abuse Epidemic and Controlling Behavioral Health Costs,” Made in America Taft-Hartley Benefits Summit (2019)
- Election Campaigns: Legal Overview,” Nevada State AFL-CIO COPE Conference (2018)
Awards

Labor Partner of the Year Award from the Southern Nevada Building Trade Unions (2022)

Super Lawyers Rising Star, Employment and Labor Law (2014 – 2020)

Go-to Guy Award, Nevada State AFL-CIO (awarded by the executive secretary-treasurer for representation of the labor movement during the 2015 Nevada Legislative Session)

Young Lawyers Division Fellow, ABA Labor & Employment Law Section (2012)
