About Tisha R. Black, Esq.
Founding Partner
Tisha Black is a Founding Partner at Black & Wadhams.
Tisha Black is a native of Las Vegas and has practiced law for nearly 30 years, focusing primarily on real estate and business legal issues including corporate structuring, regulatory compliance, finance, real property entitlements and development, business licensing, acquisitions, complex commercial transactions, landlord tenant issues, and cannabis law. Tisha uses her decades of experience and legal acumen to serve as a trusted business partner to her clients. She has owned and operated her own law firm since 2000 and has always focused her practice on the legal needs of business owners and real estate.
Having over 25 years of practice in exclusively business law and business practice, Ms. Black’s clients range from established large- and small-scale businesses to start-up companies. She has experience spanning from the acquisition, construction and development of small, planned communities, shopping centers and buildings to commercial and residential landlord tenant relations. She has extensive experience in negotiations and documentation of credit facilities as well as real estate loan workouts, foreclosures, receiverships and guarantee enforcement. She is frequently recognized as a leader in her field by her peers and clients for her commitment to quality service and client centered service.
Ms. Black has been an active participant and attorney in the Nevada cannabis industry since 2014. She has been, and continues to be, active in the Nevada State Medical and Recreational Cannabis Program and participates in the legislative process. Ms. Black successfully filed applications with the state of Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Massachusetts, Louisiana and Missouri for dispensaries, cultivation and production. Her cannabis practice includes licensing, establishment, financing, compliance, finance and ongoing operations.
Bar Admissions
- Nevada
Court Admissions
- Nevada District Courts
- Nevada Appellate Court
- Supreme Court of Nevada
Education
- Thomas Cooley Law School, JD
- Boston University, BA History, BA English
Languages
- Spanish (Conversational)
Awards & Recognitions
- 2021-2024: AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent 5.0 out of %
- 2020 – 2024: Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate & Business
- 2020 – 2024: Super Lawyers, Real Estate & Cannabis
- 2020: 100 Most Influential Women, Nevada
- 2019: Top Lawyers of Nevada
- 2016: Legal Excellence Award; Vegas Legal Magazine
- 2016: Top 100 Lawyers of Las Vegas; My Vegas Magazine
- 2016: Legal Elite; NV Business Magazine
- 2013: Top 10 Prominent Real Estate Attorneys; Las Vegas Business Press
- 2012: Top Lawyer-Business; Vegas Inc.
- 2012: Top Lawyer-Real Estate & Foreclosure; Vegas Inc.
- 2011: Attorney of the Month-July; Las Vegas Lawyer Magazine
- 2011: Rising Star; Mountain States Attorneys
- 2011: Co-Author of Nevada State Assembly Bill 284
Boards & Community Service
- 2019 – Present: Vice President, Nevada State Bar Cannabis Section
- 2016 – Present: Board Member, Nevada Dispensary Association
- 2016 – 2018: Board Member, United Citizens Fund
- 2015 – 2024: Clear River, LLC dba Nevada Medical Marijuana
- 2013 – 2022: Member Southern Nevada Home Builders Association
- 2013 – 2018: Board Member Nevada Affordable Housing Assistance Corporation
- 2013 – 2020: Speaker Eagle University
- 2010 – 2017: University of Nevada Las Vegas’ (UNLV) Lied Institute of Real Estate Studies
- 2010 – 2016: Board Member United States Supreme Court Historical Society
- 2009 – Present: Member Clark County Bar Association
- 2009 – Present: Faculty Member National Business Institute
- 2005 – Present: Greater Las Vegas Area Realtors, Instructor
- 2005 – 2019: Nevada Division of Real Estate, Instructor
- 1997 – 2002: St. Jude’s Ranch for Children in Southern Nevada
- 1996 – Present: Nevada State Bar Association
- 1995 – Present: Faculty Member American Trial Lawyers Association
Ms. Black has served as a panel member for many business forums and teaches seminars in Business and Corporate Structure, Contracts, Regulatory Compliance, Landlord Tenant Law and Intellectual property, Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, Cannabis Compliance and served as a mediator with the Nevada Foreclosure Mediation Program. She has been published in several distinguished periodicals and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Huffington Post, Las Vegas Sun and Las Vegas Review Journal. She was a contributor to Nevada’s CBS affiliate KLAS for their Peabody award winning series Desert Under Water in 2008.
