About Patricia J
Patricia J Coyne has built a career at the meeting point of law and social work. Her path began in Las Vegas where she earned a B.A. in sociology and social work in 1973 and an M.A. in sociology in 1980 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Two decades later she returned to UNLV for a J.D., completing the William S. Boyd School of Law program in 1998 with coursework in family law, wills and trusts.
Her combined academic background shaped an uncommon professional trajectory. Coyne holds licensure as a social worker from the Nevada Board of Social Workers. She joined the State Bar of Nevada in 2001 and has maintained membership in both the state bar and the Clark County Bar Association since then. She is admitted to practice in Nevada and before the Ninth Circuit.
In 2005 she opened Patricia J. Coyne, Ltd., listing her title as lawyer and mediator. That same year she served as an adjunct professor at the William S. Boyd School of Law for a limited appointment. Her practice reflects both legal training and clinical insight, handling matters where family dynamics, custody and estate concerns overlap. She also maintains involvement in professional dispute-resolution circles through membership in the Association for Conflict Resolution.
Clients and colleagues describe a practitioner who brings practical experience from social work into courtroom and mediation settings. That background informs how she assesses clients, structures settlements and frames parenting evaluations. She handles wills and trust issues alongside family law matters, drawing on her law school studies in those areas.
Coyne’s work as a mediator has been steady since she established her firm. The mediation role sits naturally beside litigation when contested matters require a negotiated outcome. Her admissions to the Nevada bar and the Ninth Circuit allow her to represent clients across state and federal forums when cases require that reach.
Her professional affiliations have been consistent over time. Membership in the State Bar of Nevada and the Clark County Bar Association stretches back to 2001 and remains current. She has kept ties to legal education through her brief teaching role at Boyd School of Law and through participation in regional legal and conflict-resolution organizations.
Today she practices through Patricia J. Coyne, Ltd., working as a lawyer and mediator on family law, wills and trusts, and related matters where legal and social work perspectives intersect.
