Meet the team
Experience, preparation, and a human point of contact.
Summit was built around direct communication. Renee Finch and Jaclyn Kliewer bring trial and insurance-defense experience, while Ace Ayers and Lesa Miner help keep the client experience responsive from the first conversation forward.
Founding partner
Renee M. Finch
Renee is a Las Vegas trial attorney with more than 15 years of experience. She began her career representing insurers and nationally known companies, gaining a detailed understanding of how those organizations evaluate injury claims.
Her public biography describes a practice grounded in careful legal analysis, empathy, attention to detail, and appropriate aggression. She founded Summit Trial Attorneys in 2025 to bring that perspective to injured people and their families.
- Super Lawyers Rising Stars selections, 2019 through 2024
- Active member of the American Board of Trial Advocates
- Admitted in Nevada and Colorado
Attorney
Jaclyn Kliewer
Jaclyn focuses her practice on representing people who have been injured. Before joining the plaintiff side, she spent more than six years defending insurance companies and corporations in complex personal injury matters.
She earned her J.D., cum laude, from the William S. Boyd School of Law, where she received a merit scholarship, made the Dean's List, earned CALI awards in legal writing, health law, and remedies, and edited the UNLV Gaming Law Journal.
- Experienced in depositions, hearings, mediations, arbitrations, and trials
- Nevada bar admission
- William S. Boyd Education Clinic experience
Executive assistant
Ace Ayers
Ace Ayers supports Summit as Executive Assistant, helping the firm stay organized and responsive as clients move from an initial inquiry to the next conversation.
The Executive Assistant role supports scheduling, communication, and the day-to-day coordination that keeps a trial practice moving with care and discretion.
Office coordinator
Lesa Miner
Lesa Miner supports Summit as Office Coordinator, helping coordinate the office experience and the clear, welcoming communication clients deserve from their first interaction with the firm.
The Office Coordinator role helps keep information, appointments, and day-to-day office details moving smoothly for the legal team and the people they serve.