City Attorney
Shauna M. HughesHenderson City Attorney
Office Telephone:(702) 267-1200
Office Fax:(702) 267-1201
E-Mail: Shauna.Hughes@cityofhenderson.com
Professional Biography:
Shauna Hughes was appointed City of Henderson City Attorney in 1983. She provides legal representation
to the Mayor and City Council as well as to the entire city government. Shauna specializes in areas of law
relating to planning, zoning, labor law and municipal law. She supervises the civil and criminal divisions of the City Attorney's office as well as the Environmental Programs Division and Office of Court Programs.
A resident of Nevada since 1981, Shauna was born in New York and raised in Ohio and Connecticut. She earned her bachelor's degree from John Carroll University and received her Juris Doctor from Vermont Law School. Previously, she was the Assistant City Attorney for the City of Henderson and a judicial law clerk for the 8th District Court, Las Vegas.
Shauna was a finalist for the 1998 Cashman Good Government Awards presented by the Nevada Taxpayers Association. She received an annual Recognition Award from the Henderson, Nevada Police Officers Association in 1990.
Shauna is a member of Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys; Clark County Bar Association; the State Bar of Nevada, and the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association. She has served as a board member of the Henderson
Boys and Girls Club since 1988. She is a founding member of S.A.F.E. House, Inc., a non-profit organization
dedicated to providing aid and shelter to victims of domestic abuse in Henderson. Shauna also serves on the
Advisory Board for the Henderson Police Athletic League, dedicated to preventing juvenile crime by providing
education and sports involvement. Most recently, Shauna joined the Board of Directors for the Nathan
Adelson Hospice.