Veteran Las Vegas attorney Gary Guymon, a former prosecutor who once faced a theft charge, was arrested Monday after police accused him of sex trafficking, plotting to have a woman killed and attempting to intimidate a witness. Guymon, 62, appeared in Clark County Detention Center records Monday morning, and court records indicate that he posted a cash bond later that day.
Defense attorneys Louis Palazzo and Craig Hendricks said they were representing Guymon but declined to comment Monday. Guymon, a member of the Nevada bar since , faces one count each of solicitation to commit murder, conspiracy to commit murder, sex trafficking of an adult, perjury and coercion with force or threat of force, as well as three counts of bribing or intimidating a witness to influence testimony and three counts of pandering, court records show.
Metro interviewed Guymon and in January began monitoring his phone communications, the report shows. One person interviewed by authorities said she met Guymon in July when she had a criminal case and a Family Court case, according to the report. Guymon began representing her in August, and their relationship became romantic, the report said. For the next 12 months. Effective immediately: you will do what I tell you to do. You will date who I tell you to date.
You will not break stride. You will march forward. In a police interview, Guymon also denied introducing his clients to his associates for sex acts, Metro said. He pleaded no contest to trespassing. In , the Nevada Supreme Court told the state bar to determine what, if any, discipline Guymon would face for the Utah misdemeanor. Guymon received one complaint in the past three years that was ultimately unsupported. During the public corruption trial of former County Commissioners Dario Herrera and Mary Kincaid-Chauncey, Galardi testified that he purchased drinks and lap dances for Guymon and arranged for him to have sex with strippers.
He alleged that in return, Guymon resolved speeding tickets, DUIs and assault charges for club employees. Starting in about , he worked as a Clark County public defender, then went into private practice. Crime Stoppers can be contacted anonymously at Contact Noble Brigham at nbrigham reviewjournal.
