Michael Pagni

A lifelong resident of Reno, Michael joined the Di Loreto Companies in 2022 as the Executive Vice President and General Counsel. The Di Loreto Companies are nationally recognized, award-winning home-building and real estate development companies operating primarily in Nevada, Northern California, and Colorado.

Prior to joining the Di Loreto Companies, Michael was a partner at the law firm of McDonald Carano where his practice focused primarily on real estate and water law, corporate and transactional law, administrative law and government relations. Michael has served as outside counsel to several large public agencies in northern Nevada, including the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority, Reno Tahoe Airport Authority, Truckee Meadows Water Authority, and Western Regional Water Commission, and served as general counsel to Governor Jim Gibbons in his 2006 gubernatorial campaign. Prior to law school, Michael served as a legislative intern for Senator Harry Reid in Washington, D.C and for Nevada State Senator William Raggio. During law school, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Melvin Brunetti, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Honorable Howard D. McKibben, former Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Michael remains associated with McDonald Carano in an Of Counsel position.

Michael earned his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of Law and his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. He holds a Martindale Hubbell A.V. Preeminent Rating. He was a member of the State of Nevada Standing Committee on Judicial Ethics and Election Practices from 2009-2014 where he served as Chair and Vice Chair. Michael is a Founders Club and Board Member of the Nevada Discovery Museum, as well as a board member with the Hot August Nights Foundation and is a member of the Washoe County Sheriff Honorary Deputies Association.