John R. Funk, Esq.

• Commercial and Business Litigation
• Real Estate and Commercial Transactions
• Outside General Counsel
• Estate Planning

Mr. Funk prides himself in navigating his clients through complicated legal issues in hopes of obtaining positive business solutions when possible or legal results when needed. Mr. Funk has tried commercial litigation matters as lead counsel, in addition to serving as co-counsel in other trials and dispute resolution proceedings.

Mr. Funk has represented a vast array of clients across Nevada, California, and the country. Mr. Funk’s primary clientele includes individuals and businesses in a variety of industries. During his time with Gunderson Law Firm, Mr. Funk has represented entrepreneurs, businesses owners, judgment debtors, judgment creditors, borrowers, guarantors, secured parties, landlords, tenants, developers, contractors, real estate brokers and agents, as well as homeowners.

Mr. Funk has extensive experience collecting upon judgments and routinely advises judgment creditors, judgment debtors, and other attorneys on Nevada’s judgment collection laws. As part of Mr. Funk’s litigation practice, he routinely deals with complex electronic discovery issues including the preservation and production of appropriate metadata and records.

Mr. Funk provides estate planning, probate, and trust administration services for his clients. These services are focused upon probate avoidance and ensuring a family’s financial estate they have worked so hard to build is respected and passed along as they desire.

Prior to joining Gunderson Law Firm, he earned his Juris Doctorate at the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he was on academic scholarship throughout his education. While in law school, Mr. Funk earned the top grade in Trial Advocacy, Sales and Leases, Advanced Legal Analysis and Writing, and Secured Transactions. Mr. Funk also interned for Honorable Judge Patrick Flanagan at Washoe County District Court and served as a summer law clerk for the Gunderson Law Firm.

Prior to law school, Mr. Funk received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Nevada, Reno and his high school diploma from Reno High. While attending college, Mr. Funk worked in the field for a locally owned northern Nevada construction company. Through Mr. Funk’s work experience on various construction job sites and in his various roles, he gained first-hand experience that provides him with a unique perspective when faced with construction litigation issues.

Mr. Funk was a board member for Tahoe Truckee Lacrosse Association, Inc. (“TTLA”) for more than a decade. TTLA is a non-profit seeking to promote and develop the game of lacrosse as an integral part of the education process making it equally available to both boys and girls. Mr. Funk has coached boys lacrosse at a variety levels for more than ten years, winning state, league, and tournament championships at both high school and youth levels. He remains an active player and member of the Reno/Tahoe men’s club lacrosse team—the Tahoe Dawgs.

• Legal Elite, Nevada Business Magazine; 2014 – Present
• Mountain States Rising Star (awarded by Thompson Reuters Super Lawyers) 2019-Present
• Following Through with A Judgment: Working Towards A Successful Debt Collection; Nevada Business Magazine, May 1, 2013
• So Your Client Has A Judgment; Now What? Nevada Lawyer, May 13, 2014
• Erin Andrews, Hulk Hogan, & Large Verdicts; Good Life Magazine, June 2016
• High Sierra Lacrosse League Champion: 2017, 2019, 2024

• University of Nevada Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law: Juris Doctorate, 2011, Magna Cum Laude
• University of Nevada, Reno: Bachelor of Arts, 2008, High Distinction

• Nevada, 2011
• California, 2013