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Dec. 12, 2007
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Local attorney, founder of firm dies of cancer

Mainor worked for FBI, DA's office

By DAVID KIHARA
REVIEW-JOURNAL

Randall "Randy" Mainor
Attorney, 66, dies of cancer

Prominent local attorney Randall "Randy" Mainor, who was a founding partner of the Las Vegas firm Mainor Eglet Cottle, died Tuesday from prostate cancer. He was 66.

Mainor had worked as a special agent for the FBI and as a criminal prosecutor with the Clark County district attorney's office before going into private practice.

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Mainor's career included several multimillion dollar personal injury cases, including a $25 million award in 1999 for a Las Vegas man who was injured when a bus lift prematurely activated, tumbling the man from his wheelchair.

Mainor was named Trial Lawyer of the Year in 1999.

Mainor wasn't without controversy. Starting in 2003, Mainor and his former law partner of 10 years, Richard Harris, battled each other in federal court over their firm's assets. Mainor got a restraining order against Harris barring him from using any verdicts or settlements that were obtained by other attorneys in the pair's firm.

Mainor's friends remembered him Tuesday as a loving man who was deeply involved in his church, public service and mentoring young attorneys.

"He helped me understand the demands of marriage and fatherhood and how to balance that with work," said Robert Cottle, Mainor's partner in the firm.

Mainor was a modest man who enjoyed nothing more than taking his children to a baseball game, Cottle said.

"Randy would describe himself as someone who would enjoy a sandwich and a baseball game," he said.

Mainor was born in Overton in 1941 and graduated from Basic High School in Henderson in 1960. He attended the College of Southern Utah and Brigham Young University, where he received a bachelor's degree in economics and a minor in Spanish.

He served on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico and received his law degree from American University in 1969.

He is survived by his wife, Leslie; sister, Margie; sons, Bradley and Jarrod; daughter, Emily; and 10 grandchildren.

Mainor's funeral service is planned for 2 p.m. Friday in the LDS Chapel at 10550 West Alta Drive near Town Center Drive in Summerlin.

Contact reporter David Kihara at dkihara@reviewjournal.com or (702) 380-1039.

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Please enter your name Name: Please enter your email Email: Please enter a comment COMMENTS : (word count limit is 300) You have reached the maximum number of words allowed Current Word Count: Note: Comments made by reporters and editors of the Las Vegas Review-Journal are presented with a yellow background. Cardon Dalley wrote on December 13, 2007 12:40 PM: Dear Leslie was sorry to hear of the passing of my old teamate and Room mate in college. Randy was always about his business of whatever he was ingaged in. We had a lot of good times as room mates and playing football and basketball together. Having been away for so long you some times foget the things you have done in life. I knowthat he is proud of you and his family and because of his faithyou know and he knows that you all well be together in the life after this. My Prayers are withyou God bless you and your family in this great loss Cardon Dalley from Georgia L. B. Laurie wrote on December 12, 2007 07:20 PM: To the Family of Randall Maynor: Mr. Maynor believed in me and my undertaking when others turned away. He saw the truth and believed in the greater cause. I will forever be grateful. My heartfelt prayers are with his loved ones. Sincerely, L.B. Laurie Rose Crocetti wrote on December 12, 2007 02:14 PM: God saw him getting tired and a cure was not to be so God put His arms around him and whispered "Come with Me". With tearful eyes you watched him suffer and saw him fade away, although you loved him dearly, you could not make him stay. A golden heart stopped beating, hard working hands laid to rest, God broke our hearts to prove to us, He only takes the best... Randy, you will be missed! My heartfelt sympathy to Leslie & family. Rose & Rick Crocetti Thomas Murphrey wrote on December 12, 2007 08:44 AM: Randy's death is a tragic loss to the legal profession and to the thousands of clients who have benefited from his dedicated legal service. He was a giant man in spirit, who served others with his whole heart. Randy's life was epitomized by the prayer: "Others, Lord, yes Others, Let This My Motto Be, Let Me Live for Others That I might Live for Thee"