About
Thomas P. Duensing is an attorney at Taggart & Taggart in Carson City, Nevada. He focuses on water rights and natural resource matters, with related experience in civil litigation and real estate disputes. His work includes administrative hearings, regulatory research, and issues involving water use and land rights. He assists clients with court proceedings and appeals involving real property and water transactions. His practice also includes certain estate planning, family law, and other regulatory matters.
Duensing earned a J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco in 2015. During his studies, he received multiple Witkin Awards for Academic Excellence. His law school experience included internships involving pro bono eviction defense. These activities provided opportunities to work on disputed claims and research legal rights affecting individuals and property. His official biography does not list an undergraduate institution or degree. He later qualified for admission to practice in California and Nevada.
Duensing joined Taggart & Taggart in 2019, the same year he was admitted to the California and Nevada bars. He has helped prepare cases for hearings before the Nevada State Engineer, including witness preparation, evidentiary submissions, and opening and closing arguments. His work has involved stockwater rights on federal and state range lands. He has researched inter-basin water transfers and regulatory questions arising before Nevada’s Division of Water Resources.
Thomas P. Duensing assists with water-rights and real estate litigation at trial and appellate levels. His experience also includes work on regulatory matters and certain family and estate-related legal issues. His practice emphasizes the preparation of evidence and arguments for administrative and court proceedings. By addressing the procedural and substantive requirements of water law, he supports clients dealing with resource management disputes and property-related claims.
Law Office Affiliations
- Attorney, Taggart & Taggart, Ltd.
- Member, The State Bar of California
- Member, State Bar of Nevada
Licensed State
- California
- Nevada
Education
- Golden Gate University School of Law
Juris Doctor (JD)
Awards & Badges


- Litigation
- Land Use & Zoning
- Business Litigation





