A Prominent Reno Attorney Who Had "Friends With Benefits" Relationship with Judge Accused of Stalking Resigns

“McDonald Carano has accepted Matt Addison’s resignation effective February 2, 2026,” the director of marketing at McDonald Carano indicated to Our Town Reno this morning.

Addison’s LinkedIn indicates he first joined McDonald Carano in 1989 as a law clerk before becoming a partner in 1998 and then managing partner of the Reno office in 2018.

Court documents in the Judge Bridget Robb case in which she is accused of stalking Addison’s girlfriend hundreds of times in the past two years indicate Addison and Robb had a decade long “friends with benefits” relationship per Addison's written account which reportedly ended in late 2021.

Robb has announced she is retiring February 6th, after a TPO was granted in mid January against her following a filing by Addison’s current girlfriend, also an attorney at McDonald Carano.

A scheduled February 13th hearing will determine whether the temporary protection order will be extended for up to two years.

Robb currently must stay 100 yards away from the female attorney’s home, while not being allowed from midnight to noon into the parking lot of a local Pilates studio where the female attorney goes in the morning.

The Washoe District Court, where Robb was a family court judge, is currently looking into past cases for any undisclosed conflicts of interest that may have resulted from the interactions between the two McDonald Carano attorneys and the judge who was also involved in other types of cases.

Addison was specialized in construction law and litigation practice, while the girlfriend is listed as an expert in gaming law practice, who also does work in trust and estate planning.

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