Rajan O. Dhungana

Rajan O. Dhungana is a Partner with the Federal Practice Group. He practices primarily immigration law and has extensive trial experience, having won most of his cases. In addition to immigration and trial work, Mr. Dhungana has appealed cases to the Nevada Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Before law school, Mr. Dhungana worked extensively in Food and Beverage, Beer distribution and import, Wine distribution and import, and spirits distribution and import. Before transitioning to a legal career, he successfully owned and operated three restaurants in Las Vegas, Nevada; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Durango, Colorado. Mr. Dhungana has substantial experience in Food, Beverage, and Alcohol Law and has successfully represented breweries, wineries, distilleries, distributors, importers, restaurants, and liquor stores.

Alcoholic beverages law is unique in the American legal landscape. It is the only trade product explicitly mentioned in the U.S. Constitution and one of the few products where regulation is primarily under the purview of the individual states vs. the federal government. Mr. Dhungana has extensive personal experience navigating the legal landscape in California, Nevada, Colorado, and Washington.  He and his team at the Federal Practice Group can help you navigate the complexities of liquor beverage laws throughout the United States.

In addition, Mr. Dhungana and the Federal Practice Group are well-versed in employment issues relating to Food, beverage, or alcohol sales businesses and can guide clients through immigration laws in the event a business wants to bring talented sommeliers, vintners, brewmasters, distillers, or cicerone to the United States from abroad.

He is fluent in Nepali and Tagalog, having been born in the Philippines and growing up in Nepal. He is also fluent in Hindi, Norwegian, and Swedish.

Mr. Dhungana graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), then subsequently attended and graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) William S. Boyd School of Law. During his time in law school, Mr. Dhungana established and organized UNLV’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service and taught tax classes in the greater Las Vegas community, as well as at Nellis U.S. Air Force base, for which Mr. Dhungana earned the Dean’s Award for individual contributions and accomplishments of note to the community.