University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law alumnus and Regent Robert T. Eglet ’88, one of the country’s top trial lawyers who has secured more than $7 billion in verdicts over the past 26 years, was inducted into the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame in his hometown of Las Vegas. More than 650 lawyers and judges attended the induction.

“To be inducted into the Trial Lawyer's Hall of Fame is an extraordinary honor, one that I never expected or even dreamed,” Eglet said during his acceptance speech. “It is with deep gratitude, humility and a profound sense of responsibility that I accept this recognition.” 

Eglet is among only 91 trial lawyers nationwide to have been inducted into the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame, including U.S. President John Adams and former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall. Eglet is the first and only Nevada trial lawyer to be inducted.

The recognition honors Eglet for leaving an indelible mark on the American legal tradition through a lifetime of service to the American public, the Constitution and the American trial bar.

“As I accept this honor, I do so with gratitude and responsibility to continue to uphold the standards of our profession, to mentor the next generation of trial lawyers and to ensure that this system we all love so much endures. I am proud to be a trial lawyer,” Eglet said. “I am grateful for the opportunity to do this work, and I'm truly honored to be included in this.”

Eglet, founding partner of Eglet Law, has built the leading law firm in Nevada, taking on product defect, catastrophic injury and wrongful death suits and maintains a 98%-win trial rate over his 38-year legal career. Eglet has tried more than 200 civil jury trials to verdict.

“This recognition is not just about my accomplishments. It is about what this profession stands for, and what it must continue to stand for,” Eglet said. “When I look around this room, I do not just see colleagues. I see people who have devoted their lives to something that truly matters—people who chose not the easy path, but the harder one. The path that requires standing up for others, day after day, often against powerful interests and long odds. That is what it means to be a trial lawyer.”

His courtroom record spans 85 consecutive defense verdicts without a loss early in his career and, as a plaintiffs’ attorney, only four trial losses and just six non–multi-million-dollar verdicts out of approximately 120.

He has secured the nation’s largest jury verdict on three separate occasions (2010, 2013 and 2025) and has obtained six verdicts ranked among the Top 50 in the United States.

Eglet was named National Lawyer of the Year in 2010 and is one of only two attorneys to be honored both as Nevada Trial Lawyer of the Year twice and as National Trial Lawyer of the Year twice, including most recently this year.

He represented the plaintiffs in the 2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting and secured a settlement of $800 million. In 2023, Eglet secured $1.2 billion dollars in opioid related-settlements on behalf of the state of Nevada. Last year, he achieved a record-breaking $3.1 billion verdict against a water bottle company that produced water linked to liver failure and autoimmune diseases.

"This distinguished honor reflects not only Eglet’s exceptional career as a trial lawyer, but also his unwavering commitment to justice, service and the rule of law,” said Dean Michael Colatrella. “A generous supporter of McGeorge, his legacy is reflected on our campus through the Eglet Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution, which stands as a testament to his investment in experiential learning, student success and the next generation of trial lawyers.”

Eglet and his wife, Tracy A. Eglet, have provided transformative funding to the law school. In 2021, the Eglets made a historic $25 million gift. The gift created scholarships for first-generation students, a fund in support of competition teams and endowed chairs at the law school's advocacy center. The center was renamed the Eglet Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution in the couple’s honor.

In 2025, the Eglets made a $5 million gift to establish a new endowed faculty chair focused on moot court, a competition for jury trial articles and an endowment to support jury trial speakers. The gift also provides funding for a program manager and creates an endowment to sustain the center's ongoing initiatives.

The Blakely Advocacy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center ranked McGeorge’s moot court program No. 13 nationally in the fall 2025 semester. In 2026, U.S. News & World Report ranked McGeorge No. 16 nationally in trial advocacy and No. 24 for dispute resolution.

Eglet joined the university’s Board of Regents in 2024, a group of leaders from across industries responsible for maintaining the university’s educational quality and overseeing its finances.