About Chaz Rainey
Chaz Rainey JD/MBA studied English at the University of California, Berkeley and graduated in 2002. He went on to earn both a Juris Doctor and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2007. He later pursued postgraduate work at the London School of Economics and Political Science, completing an LL.M. in international commercial law.
His early legal experience mixed public and private sector work. In 2005 he served as a legal extern in the office of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. The following year brought positions at Kurth Law Office and a summer associate role at Greenberg Traurig, LLP. After law school he took a counsel position at Brandywine Bookmaking, doing business as Lucky’s Race and Sports Books, and within a year he founded Rainey Legal Group, PLLC, where he has served as managing partner.
Rainey’s practice expanded into entertainment law. In 2016 he worked on film and television matters for Hamrick & Evans. His career spans transactional and regulatory issues, and it has moved between state and federal arenas. He is admitted to practice in Nevada, New York and the District of Columbia, and he holds admissions in the Ninth Circuit, California and Texas. Those multi-jurisdictional credentials have shaped a practice that handles matters across state lines and in appellate settings.
Professional memberships have played a steady role in his career. He has been a member of the Nevada State Bar Publications Committee since 2008. He belongs to the American Bar Association and joined the American Constitution Society in 2005. He was involved, for a time, in the American Society of International Law between 2006 and 2008. Those memberships reflect an interest in both bar governance and the intersections of domestic and international commercial law.
Colleagues describe Rainey as a lawyer who moves easily between commercial deals and creative industry questions. His background combines an MBA and transactional training with courtroom and regulatory exposure from earlier appointments. He has handled counsel roles for gaming-related businesses, led his own firm, and advised on entertainment projects in larger firm settings.
He divides professional time between his private practice at Rainey Legal Group, PLLC and assignments in other offices, including work associated with Hamrick & Evans. He currently concentrates his practice on commercial law and entertainment matters.
