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Ellen Bezian
Website - ?
Motto - ?
Current Job - ?
Admitted in Nevada - ?

Nicholas Del Vecchio
Website - ?
Motto - ?
Current Job - Family court judge
Admitted in Nevada - ?

Cynthia Giuliani
Website - www.giulianiforjudge.com
Motto - Families First
Current Job - attorney in private practice
Admitted in Nevada - ?

Vincent Ochoa
Website - www.vincentochoa.com
Motto - ?
Current Job - attorney in private practice
Admitted in Nevada - 1979

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Jamie Kent
Website - www.jamiekent.org
Motto - ?
Current job - Attorney in private practice
Admitted to practice in Nevada - 1993

Lisa Kent
Website - ?
Motto - ?
Current job - Family court judge
Admitted to practice in Nevada - 1991

Michele Mercer
Website - ?
Motto - ?
Current job - Attorney in private practice
Admitted to practice in Nevada - 1998

Kenneth Pollock
Website - www.pollock4judge.com
Motto - Your First Choice For Family Court Judge Department J
Current job - attorney in private practice
Admitted to practice in Nevada - 1998

Morrisa Schechtman
Website - www.schechtman4judge.net
Motto - Committed and Dedicated to Helping Families
Current job - Attorney in private practice and pro tem commissioner
Admitted to practice in Nevada - 1991

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Cheryl Moss
Website - ?
Motto - ?
Current job - Family court judge
Admitted to Nevada - 1997

Gregory Gordon
Website - ?
Motto - ?
Current job - Attorney in private practice
Admitted to Nevada - 1994

Greta Muirhead
Website - www.electgreta.com
Motto -
Current job - attorney in private practice, alternate hearing master
Admitted to Nevada - 1990

Posted by jthomas at 09:38 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Suzan Baucum
Website - www.suzanbaucum.com
Motto - ?
Current Job - Executive Director, Nevada Law Foundation
Position on Criminal Law Cases - Endorsed by law enforcement and prosecutor associations.
Admitted in Nevada - 1992

Kathleen Delaney
Website - www.delaneyforjudge.com
Motto - Honesty. Integrity. Experience.
Current Job - Deputy Attorney General - Bureau of Consumer Protection
Position on Criminal Law Cases - Endorsed by law enforcement agencies.
Admitted in Nevada - 1992

Nicholas Perrino
Website - ?
Motto - ?
Current Job - ?
Position on Criminal Law Cases - ?
Admitted in Nevada - 2004

Susan Scann
Website - www.susanscann.com
Motto - Because Experience Matters
Current Job - Attorney in private practice, pro tem municipal court judge
Position on Criminal Law Cases - ?
Admitted in Nevada - 1977

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Chris Davis
Website - www. chrisdavis4judge.com
Motto - Because Integrity Matters
Current Job - Deputy City Attorney
Position on Criminal Law Cases - Reduce violent crime by restoring integrity to the District Court and through sentences that are tough, fair and certain.
Admitted in Nevada - 1998

Laurie Deffenbach
Website - laurie4judge.com
Motto - ?
Current Job - Public Defender
Position on Criminal Law Cases - ?
Admitted in Nevada - 1996

Donald Mosley. Incumbent.
Website - www.judgemosley.com
Motto - ?
Current Job - District Court Judge
Position on Criminal Law Cases - "Goals: Prison Reform - Require inmates to work to earn their keep and repay their debts to society. End meritless criminal appeals."
Admitted in Nevada - 1977

Posted by jthomas at 07:11 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Thanks Wild Wild Law for the referrals. Posts on the judicial primary races include:

Nevada Primary Elections: Nevada Supreme Court Seat B

Nevada Primary Elections: Clark County District Court Dept. 10

Additional posts on the primary election will be presented each day this week and next week.

Information on campaign donations and expense reports will be available after August 5th, when they are filed with the Secretary of State.

Older posts concerning Election 2008 are also available.

Posted by jthomas at 06:57 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Ian Christopherson
website - ?
motto - ?
current job - attorney in private practice
position on criminal law cases - ?
admitted to practice in Nevada - 1989

William Kephart
website - www.kephartforjudge.com
motto - Ethics, Integrity and Justice
current job - Deputy District Attorney
position on criminal law cases - "As our District Court Judge, Kephart will fairly apply the 'rule of law' to ensure that criminals are punished and victims are protected." He is endorsed by various law enforcement and prosecutor associations. He cites to cases against John Butler and Robert Byford as examples of his experience, but fails to mention that both cases were originally reversed in part because of prosecutorial misconduct.
admitted to practice in Nevada - 1988

David Rivers
website - www.davidriversfordistrictcourt.com
motto - ?
current job - attorney in private practice
position on criminal law cases - ?
admitted to practice in Nevada - 1983

Jessie Walsh. Incumbent.
website - www.judgejessiewalsh.com
motto - Fair Proven Qualified
current job - District Court Judge
position on criminal law cases - ?
admitted to practice in Nevada - ?

Posted by jthomas at 06:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The primary election is August 12. Harmful Error will be presenting information about the primary races for judicial positions over the next few weeks. We begin with Nevada Supreme Court Seat B:

Nancy Allf
website - www.nancyallf.com
motto - Leadership Experience Integrity
current job - attorney in private practice with Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan, former President of the State Bar of Nevada
position on criminal law cases - nothing explicit, endorsed by the Clark County Courts Deputy Marshals Association and the State Lodge of Nevada Fraternal Order of Police
admitted to practice in Nevada - 1983

Don Chairez
website - www.chairez.com
motto - ? (it may be "Fan the Flame of Liberty!")
current job - attorney in private practice. Former Clark County district judge and former candidate for Congress.
position on criminal law cases - "helped put criminals behind bars through his diligent work prosecuting felons."
Other - focuses extensively on protecting property rights
admitted to practice in Nevada - 1988

Mary "Kris" Pickering
website - www.krispickering.com
motto - The Right Justice for all Nevada
current job - attorney with Morris Pickering & Peterson
position on criminal law cases - nothing explicit, but she notes endorsements by the Clark County Prosectors Association, DA Investigators Association and National Latino Peace Officers Association
admitted to practice in Nevada - 1977

Deborah Schumacher
website - www.schumacherforjustice.com
motto - ?
current job - Washoe County District Court Judge. She presides over the District's Juvenile Drug Court.
position on criminal law cases - she is a member of the Indgent Defense Commission.
admitted to practice in Nevada - 1985?

Posted by jthomas at 10:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

It's pretty tough to keep track of all of the writs and appeals pending before the Nevada Supreme Court concerning the 2008 election. Most of them are listed on the Court's High Profile Cases page and links are provided to the documents filed in those proceedings.

New filings include a challenge by Family Court candidate Maria Maskall to the candidacy of her opponent Brigid Duffy. Maskall contends that Duffy is not qualified to be a candidate for district court judge because she will not have been a licensed and admitted attorney for 10 years prior to the election (as opposed to the date that she was take office if elected).

There is also a challenge to the candidacy of Senator William Raggio based upon term limits.

Posted by jthomas at 12:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

District judge race: lawyer's judgment at issue (re: Jason Landess, Candidate for Dept. 25). LVRJ 5/25/08

Fetus discovered at Fallon high school. Nevada Appeal 5/25/08

Prosecutor won't fight regent's candidacy based on term limits. LVRJ 5/24/08

Bon appetit. LVSun 5/26/08

Rendering justice, with one eye on re-election. Adam Liptak, NYTimes 5/25/08

Murder, She Once Wrote. NYTimes 5/25/08

Rove Subpoenaed Again (re: firing of US Attorneys, including Nevada's Dan Bogden). Washington Post 5/23/08

Pellicano trial redials an old number that many fear -- wiretaps. LA Times 5/26/08

Karl Rove denies meddling in Siegelman investigation. LATimes 5/26/08

Posted by jthomas at 01:15 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Candidate websites update. If you know of any others, please comment below or send an email to jonell ~~at~~jonellthomas.com~~dot~~com.

Nancy Allf, Nevada Supreme Court candidate
Elissa Cadish, 8th JD Department 6 incumbent and candidate
Linda Bell, 8th JD Department 7 candidate
Josh Kunis, 8th JD Department 8 candidate
Jessie Walsh, 8th JD Department 10 incumbent and candidate
William Kephart, 8th JD Department 10 candidate
Chris Davis, 8th JD Department 14 candidate
Laurie Diefenbach, 8th JD Department 14 candidate
Donald Mosley, 8th JD Department 14 incumbent and candidate
Elizabeth Halverson, 8th JD Department 23 incumbent and candidate
Stefany Miley, 8th JD Department 23 candidate (you tube video)
Suzan Baucum, 8th JD Department 25 candidate
Amy Mastin, 8th JD Family Court Department G candidate
Cynthia Dianne Steel, 8th JD Family Court Department Department G candidate and incumbent
Greta Muirhead, 8th JD Family Court Department I candidate
Morrissa Schechtman, 8th JD Family Court Department J candidate
Kenneth Pollock, 8th JD Family Court Department K candidate
Mat Harter, 8th JD Family Court Department N candidate
Thomas Kurtz, 8th JD Family Court Department Q candidate
Chuck Hoskin, 8th JD Family Court Department R candidate
Maria Maskall, 8th JD Family Court Department R candidate
Melissa Saragosa, Las Vegas Justice Court, Dept. 4 (uncontested)
Chris Lee, North Las Vegas Justice Court Dept. 3 candidate
Caren Jenkins, 1st JD (Carson City) Department 2 candidate
Noel Waters, 1st JD (Carson City) Department 2 candidate
Brent Adams, 2nd JD (Reno) Department 6 incumbent and candidate
Greg Zunino, 2nd JD (Reno) Department 6 candidate
Patrick Flanagan, 2nd JD (Reno) Department 7 incumbent (uncontested)

Posted by jonell at 10:04 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Candidates file for local offices. RGJ 5/17/08

Female officers face balancing act of dangerous job, family. RGJ 5/18/08

Candidate filing ends. Nevada Appeal 5/17/08

Candidate filings listed. LVRJ 5/18/08

Tougher prison baby rules OK'd. LVRJ 5/17/08

Arrest report obtained for UMC arrest. Las Vegas Now 5/17/08

Radio Hosts Gleefully Try to Taint Jurors. Washington Post 5/18/08

In prison for murder, pulling Vegas strings. LATimes 5/17/08 (re: Ron Mortensen)

As prices rise, crime tipsters work overtime. NYTimes 5/18/08

FBI gets mixed review in interrogation report. NYTimes 5/17/08

Editorial: Court without a quorum. NYTimes 5/18/08

New Tack on Straying Parolees Offers a Hand Instead of Cuffs. NYTimes 5/17/08

Articles from the Las Vegas Review Journal concerning its series Judging the Judges are noted in this post.

Posted by jthomas at 11:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The filing deadline for judicial candidates was in January, but most other candidates facing election this year filed this week.

The Secretary of State has a list of candidates for national, statewide and rural races, with photos!

Clark County's list is available and includes information on local races and Congressional Districts 1 and 3.

Washoe County's list is available here.

There are some interesting races. Sharron Angle filed against Bill Raggio. Steve Sisolak and Brian Scroggins filed against Bruce Woodbury (who has received conflicting opinions from the Secretary of State and DA's office as to whether he is eligible due to term limits).

Posted by jthomas at 07:59 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Former Clark County prosecutor Robert Daskas has announced that he is dropping out of the 3rd District race against Jon Porter. Jon Ralston provides the text of Daskas's press release:

"Citing family considerations, Robert Daskas has announced his decision to withdraw his candidacy for Nevada's Third Congressional District. The Daskas campaign has every confidence that another strong, viable candidate will enter the race and unseat incumbent Jon Porter. Daskas thanks everyone for their support and asks supporters to stay focused on the common goal of changing our representative in the Third Congressional District. Democrats now hold a 22,500 voter registration advantage over Republicans in the district."

No word yet as to whether or not Daskas will resume his career with the Clark County District Attorney's Office.

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In brief (re: Mirch disbarment). LVRJ 4/12/08

Morrison: Tempest in teapot, maybe, but candidate should expect ethics complaint (re: Kephart campaign for Dept. 10). LVRJ 4/12/08

High profile Henderson case: police shooting justifiable. LVRJ 4/12/08

Addiction trips up former top cop. LVRJ 4/12/08

Family sues over death of death row inmate. LVRJ 4/12/08

Nevada Constitution: Term limits challenge in works. LVRJ 4/13/08

Questions still linger after inquest ruling. LVRJ 4/13/08

Mitchell: A speedy libel trial, but is it a fair one. LVRJ 4/13/08

Mack lawyer adds to claims on judge. RGJ 4/12/08

Posted by jthomas at 03:18 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The Las Vegas Sun reports that District Court Judge Donald Mosley will not recuse himself from presiding over former Clark County Commission Lynette Bogg's criminal case, even though similar accusations have been leveled against him. Boggs has been indicted on charges that she illegally spent $1,200 in campaign money to employ a nanny. She states that the nanny was employed while she was attending campaign events. Mosley received scrutiny after providing $10,000 to his former girlfriend. According to the Sun, the girlfriend claimed that the money was a gift while Judge Mosley asserted that the money was a brief loan to the woman.

Posted by jonell at 11:47 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 31st was the final deadline for judicial election candidates to withdraw their notices of candidacy. Two candidates in Clark County pulled out: Michael Root, who was challenging Judge Herndon, and Mark Karris, who was opposing Eric Goodman for Justice Court Department 11. With those changes, the following list reflects judicial elections for 2008.

Nevada Supreme Court:
Seat D - Mark Gibbons, Thomas Christensen
Seat B - Don Chairez, Deborah Schumacher, Mary "Kris" Pickering, Nancy Allf

Clark County District Court Judges
Uncontested
District Court Dept. 1 - Ken Cory
District Court Dept. 2 - Valorie Vega
District Court Dept. 3 - Douglas Herndon
District Court Dept. 4 - Kathy Hardcastle
District Court Dept. 5 - Jackie Glass
District Court Dept. 9 - Jennifer Togliatti
District Court Dept. 11 - Betsy Gonzalez
District Court Dept. 13 - Mark Denton
District Court Dept. 15 - Abbi Silver
District Court Dept. 16 - Tim Williams
District Court Dept. 18 - David Barker
District Court Dept. 19 - Allen Earl
District Court Dept. 20 - David Wall
District Court Dept. 21 - Valerie Adair
District Court Dept. 24 - James Bixler
Family Court H - Art Richie
Family Court M - William Potter

Contested
District Court Dept. 6 - Elissa Cadish, Benjamin Childs
District Court Dept. 7 - Linda Bell, Robert Spretnak
District Court Dept. 8 - Doug Smith, Josh Kunis
District Court Dept. 10 - Jessie Walsh, David Rivers, Ian Christopherson, William Kephart
District Court Dept. 12 - Michelle Leavitt, Kurt Harris
District Court Dept. 14 - Donald Mosley, Laurie Diefenbach, Chris Davis
District Court Dept. 17 - Michael Villani, Bruce Gale
District Court Dept. 22 - Susan Johnson, Donn Ianuzi
District Court Dept. 23 - Elizabeth Halverson, Stefany Miley, Jason Landess
District Court Dept. 25 - Suzan Baucum, Kathleen Delaney, Nicholas Perrino, Susan Scann
Family Court G - Cynthia Dianne Steel, Amy Mastin
Family Court I - Cheryl Moss, Gregory Gordon, Greta Muirhead
Family Court J - Kenneth Pollock, Lisa Kent, Morrisa Schechtman, Michele Mercer, Jamie Kent
Family Court K - Nicholas Del Vecchio, Cynthia Guiliani, Vincent Ochoa,Ellen Bezian
Family Court L - Jennifer Elliott, Dawn Throne
Family Court N - John Jensen, Terrance Marren, Gayle Nathan, Mathew Harter
Family Court O - Frank Sullivan, Ron Israel, Rebecca Wallace
Family Court P - Jack Howard, Sandra Pomrenze
Family Court Q - Bryce Duckworth, Thomas Kurtz, Allan Bray, Tony Liker, Carl Piazza
Family Court R - Bill Henderson, Chuck Hoskin, Maria Maskall, Fernando Guzman, Pamela Lawson, Brigid Duffy

1st JD (Carson City) District Court Judges:
Dept. 1 - James Russell
Dept. 2 - Caren Jenkins, Noel Waters, Jim Wilson, Mark Krueger

2nd JD (Reno) District Court Judges:
Dept. 1 - Janet Berry
Dept. 3 - Jerry Polaha
Dept. 4 - Connie Steinheimer, David Neidert
Dept. 6 - Brent Adams, Greg Zunino
Dept. 7 - Patrick Flanagan
Dept. 8 - Steven Kosach
Dept. 9 - Robert Perry, Elliott Sattler
Dept. 10 - Steven Elliott
Dept. __ Family Court - Frances Doherty
Dept. 13 Family Court - Bridget Robb-Peck
Dept. 14 Family Court - Linda Gardner

3rd JD (Fallon) District Court Judges:
Dept. 1 - Art Mallory, David Huff, Jack Kennedy
Dept. 2 - Leon Aberasturi, John Schlegelmilch
Dept. 3 - William Rogers, Thomas Stockard

4th JD (Elko) District Court Judges:
Dept. 1 - David Loreman, Mike Memeo
Dept. 2 - Andrew Puccinelli

5th JD (Dayton) District Court Judges
Dept. 1 - Marla Zlotek, John Davis, Robert Beckett
Dept. 2 - Robert Lane

6th JD (Winnemucca and Lovelock) District Court Judges
Dept. 1 - Richard Wagner
Dept. 2 - Robert Dolan, Jim Shirley, Michael Montero, William Schaeffer, Kent Maher

7th JD (Ely) District Court Judges
Dept. 1 - Steven Dobrescu
Dept. 2 - Dan Papez

9th JD (Douglas County) District Court Judges:
Dept. - Michael Gibbons
Dept. _

Justice Courts
Henderson Justice Court Dept. 2 - Stephan George
Henderson Justice Court Dept. 3 - Sandy Allred-Gigiacamo, David Gibson, Harvey Gruber, An Purser
Las Vegas Justice Court Dept. 4 - Melissa Saragosa
Las Vegas Justice Court Dept. 11 (new position) - Eric Goodman
Las Vegas Justice Court Dept. 12 (new position) - Colby Beck, Diana Sullivan, Steve Smith, David Linn
North Las Vegas Justice Court Dept. 3 (new position) - Chris Lee, Jonathan MacArthur, Michael Javornicky, Maria Perez Avilez , Marsha Kimble-Simms

Posted by jonell at 10:32 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Morrison: Judges playing musical chairs could leave taxpayers, voters standing. LVRJ 1/28/08

Pathologist (Cyril Wecht) accused of profiting from office. NYTimes 1/28/08

Officer's arrests put spotlight on police use of informants. NYTimes 1/27/08

Vegas chapels' unholy hustle. LATimes 1//28/08

Carona's pro bono defense deal. LATimes 1/28/08

Posted by jonell at 07:48 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Campaign Contributions and Expense Reports show that incumbents start their races with the cash on hand as follows:

Nevada Supreme Court:
Seat D - Mark Gibbons - $58,099

Clark County District Court Judges

District Court Dept. 3 - Douglas Herndon - $160,167 (last report filed1/12/07)

District Court Dept. 8 - Doug Smith (funds may be available from his justice court campaigns, amount unknown)

District Court Dept. 10 - Jessie Walsh - $0 (end of 2002 report)

District Court Dept. 12 - Michelle Leavitt - $9,417

District Court Dept. 14 - Donald Mosley - $9,855

District Court Dept. 17 - Michael Villani - unclear from report

District Court Dept. 22 - Susan Johnson - unclear from report

District Court Dept. 23 - Elizabeth Halverson - unclear from report

Family Court G - Cynthia Dianne Steel - $7,351

Family Court I - Cheryl Moss appears to be $0

Family Court J - Kenneth Pollock - appears to be $0

Family Court K - Nicholas Del Vecchio - appears to be $27,310

Family Court L - Jennifer Elliott - appears to be $0

Family Court N - John Jensen - appears to be $0

Posted by jonell at 08:16 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Judicial office candidates on Clark County ballot. LVRJ 1/19/08

Nevada Supreme Court: LV lawyer files to face chief justice. LVRJ 1/19/08

Three more Nevada Supreme Court candidates. Nevada Appeal 1/19/08

97 candidates competing for judicial posts. LVRJ 1/19/08

Mack bid for 'do over' denied. LVRJ 1/19/08

Judge denies Mack's request for new trial. RGJ 1/19/08

9th Circuit upholds decision of Reno killer. RGJ 1/19/08

Moran named to Nevada Ethics Commission. Nevada Appeal 1/19/08

Lawyer Reveals Secret, Toppling Death Sentence. Adam Liptak, NYTimes 1/19/08

Update:
ESP architect to design new juvenile justice facility. Ely News 1/17/08

Editorial: New problems for indigent defense. LVRJ 1/20/08

Posted by jthomas at 09:23 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Today's new filings:
Nancy Allf, Nevada Supreme Court Seat B
Mary "Kris" Pickering, Nevada Supreme Court Seat B
Thomas Christensen, Nevada Supreme Court Seat D
Michael Root, Dist. Court Dept. 3
Benjamin Childs, Dist. Court Dept. 6
Josh Kunis, Dist. Court Dept. 8
William Kephart, Dist. Court Dept. 10
Laurie Diefenbach, Dist. Court Dept. 14
Chris Davis, Dist. Court Dept. 14
Bruce Gale, Dist. Court Dept. 17
Jason Landess, Dist. Court Dept. 23
Nicholas Perrino. Dist. Court Dept. 25
Amy Mastin, Family Court G
Greta Muirhead, Family Court I
Jamie Kent, Family Court J
Rebecca Wallace, Family Court O
Carl Piazza, Family Court Dept. Q
Fernando Guzman, Family Court Dept. R
Pamela Lawson, Family Court Dept. R
Brigid Duffy, Family Court R
Harvey Gruber, Henderson Justice Court Dept. 3
Ann Purser, Henderson Justice Court Dept. 3
David Linn, Las Vegas Justice Court Dept. 12
Marsha Kimble-Simms, North Las Vegas Dept. 3
In addition, Troy Peyton withdrew as a candidate for Dept. 23 and Nancy Allf withdrew as a candidate for Dept. 25
Susan Scann withdrew from the Dept. 8 race and is now running in Dept. 25
Robert Beckett, 5th JD (Pahrump)
William Schaeffer 6th JD (Battle Mountain)
Kent Maher 6th JD (Winnemucca)

If this information is wrong, or if someone else should be added to the list, please contact me at jonell ~~~ at ~~~ jonellthomas ~~~ dot ~~~ com or post a comment below.

Nevada Supreme Court:
Seat D - Mark Gibbons, Thomas Christensen
Seat B - Don Chairez, Deborah Schumacher, Mary "Kris" Pickering, Nancy Allf

Clark County District Court Judges

District Court Dept. 1 - Ken Cory

District Court Dept. 2 - Valorie Vega

District Court Dept. 3 - Douglas Herndon, Michael Root

District Court Dept. 4 - Kathy Hardcastle

District Court Dept. 5 - Jackie Glass

District Court Dept. 6 - Elissa Cadish, Benjamin Childs

District Court Dept. 7 - Linda Bell, Robert Spretnak

District Court Dept. 8 - Doug Smith, Josh Kunis

District Court Dept. 9 - Jennifer Togliatti

District Court Dept. 10 - Jessie Walsh, David Rivers, Ian Christopherson, William Kephart

District Court Dept. 11 - Betsy Gonzalez

District Court Dept. 12 - Michelle Leavitt, Kurt Harris

District Court Dept. 13 - Mark Denton

District Court Dept. 14 - Donald Mosley, Laurie Diefenbach, Chris Davis

District Court Dept. 15 - Abbi Silver

District Court Dept. 16 - Tim Williams

District Court Dept. 17 - Michael Villani, Bruce Gale

District Court Dept. 18 - David Barker

District Court Dept. 19 - Allen Earl

District Court Dept. 20 - David Wall

District Court Dept. 21 - Valerie Adair

District Court Dept. 22 - Susan Johnson, Donn Ianuzi

District Court Dept. 23 - Elizabeth Halverson, Stefany Miley, Jason Landess

District Court Dept. 24 - James Bixler

District Court Dept. 25 - Suzan Baucum, Kathleen Delaney, Nicholas Perrino, Susan Scann

Family Court G - Cynthia Dianne Steel, Amy Mastin

Family Court H - Art Richie

Family Court I - Cheryl Moss, Gregory Gordon, Greta Muirhead

Family Court J - Kenneth Pollock, Lisa Kent, Morrisa Schechtman, Michele Mercer, Jamie Kent

Family Court K - Nicholas Del Vecchio, Cynthia Guiliani, Vincent Ochoa,Ellen Bezian

Family Court L - Jennifer Elliott, Dawn Throne

Family Court M - William Potter

Family Court N - John Jensen, Terrance Marren, Gayle Nathan, Mathew Harter

Family Court O - Frank Sullivan, Ron Israel, Rebecca Wallace

Family Court P - Jack Howard, Sandra Pomrenze

Family Court Q - Bryce Duckworth, Thomas Kurtz, Allan Bray, Tony Liker, Carl Piazza

Family Court R - Bill Henderson, Chuck Hoskin, Maria Maskall, Fernando Guzman, Pamela Lawson, Brigid Duffy

1st JD (Carson City) District Court Judges:
Dept. 1 - James Russell
Dept. 2 - Caren Jenkins, Noel Waters, Jim Wilson, Mark Krueger

2nd JD (Reno) District Court Judges:
Dept. 1 - Janet Berry
Dept. 3 - Jerry Polaha
Dept. 4 - Connie Steinheimer, David Neidert
Dept. 6 - Brent Adams, Greg Zunino
Dept. 7 - Patrick Flanagan
Dept. 8 - Steven Kosach
Dept. 9 - Robert Perry, Elliott Sattler
Dept. 10 - Steven Elliott
Dept. __ Family Court - Frances Doherty
Dept. 13 Family Court - Bridget Robb-Peck
Dept. 14 Family Court - Linda Gardner

3rd JD (Fallon) District Court Judges:
Dept. 1 - Art Mallory, David Huff, Jack Kennedy
Dept. 2 - Leon Aberasturi, John Schlegelmilch
Dept. 3 - William Rogers, Thomas Stockard

4th JD (Elko) District Court Judges:
Dept. 1 - David Loreman, Mike Memeo
Dept. 2 - Andrew Puccinelli

5th JD (Dayton) District Court Judges
Dept. 1 - Marla Zlotek, John Davis, Robert Beckett
Dept. 2 - Robert Lane

6th JD (Winnemucca and Lovelock) District Court Judges
Dept. 1 - Richard Wagner
Dept. 2 - Robert Dolan, Jim Shirley, Michael Montero, William Schaeffer, Kent Maher

7th JD (Ely) District Court Judges
Dept. 1 - Steven Dobrescu
Dept. 2 - Dan Papez

9th JD (Douglas County) District Court Judges:
Dept. - Michael Gibbons
Dept. _

Justice Courts
Henderson Justice Court Dept. 2 - Stephan George

Henderson Justice Court Dept. 3 - Sandy Allred-Gigiacamo, David Gibson, Harvey Gruber, An Purser

Las Vegas Justice Court Dept. 4 - Melissa Saragosa

Las Vegas Justice Court Dept. 11 (new position) - Eric Goodman, Mark Karris

Las Vegas Justice Court Dept. 12 (new position) - Colby Beck, Diana Sullivan, Steve Smith, David Linn

North Las Vegas Justice Court Dept. 3 (new position) - Chris Lee, Jonathan MacArthur, Michael Javornicky, Maria Perez Avilez , Marsha Kimble-Simms

Posted by jonell at 09:20 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Taxpayers save, thanks to overtime crackdown. LVSun 1/14/08

Morrison: Initial here if you know who takes heat in doctor-lawyer malpractice case. LVRJ 1/14/08

Loreman files for seat on district court bench: Ely attorney to face imcumbent Memeo in Dist. 1. Elko Daily 1/11/08

Also of note, the US Supreme Court denied certiorari today in the cases of Marlo Thomas and Donte Johnson. Both cases presented the issue of whether Crawford should apply in a capital sentencing hearing.

Posted by jonell at 10:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Editorial: Maupin retires. LVRJ 1/11/08

Editorial: Nevada's new US Attorney. LVRJ 1/11/08

Judge delays Mack sentencing. RGJ 1/11/08

NV brothel owner ordered to show info. RGJ 1/11/08

FBI, failing to pay bills, loses wiretaps. NYTimes 1/11/08

Legal experts weigh death penalty reform. LATimes 1/11/08

Ashcroft deal brings scrutiny. NYTimes 1/10/08

Posted by jthomas at 06:04 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The Las Vegas Review Journal reports that former district court judge Don Chairez and current Washoe County district court judge Deborah Schumacher have filed notices of candidacy for the Nevada Supreme Court seat currently occupied by Justice Maupin. The Reno Gazette Journal provides background information on Judge Schumacher.

Posted by jthomas at 12:35 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Justice William Maupin has announced that he will not seek a third-term as a Nevada Supreme Court Justice.

I remember when Justice Maupin was first elected to the Court and recall feeling less than thrilled about him being in that position. I was wrong. Very, very wrong. Justice Maupin has been the source of many thoughtful and scholarly opinions and has made a very positive contribution to criminal law jurisprudence in this state. I am sorry to see him leave.

Posted by jthomas at 06:35 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Mack claims judge (Weller) sought money in plea deal. RGJ 1/8/08

Mack: "psychologically raped" by lawyers. RGJ 1/7/08

9 incumbent Washoe County judges file for re-election. RGJ 1/8/08

Clark County Judges: 54 file for judicial positions. LVRJ 1/8/08

New US Attorney for Nevada sworn in. Nevada Appeal 1/8/08

Nevada high court justice seeks re-election. Nevada Appeal 1/8/08

Gibbons seeks re-election to Supreme Court. LVRJ 1/8/08

ACLU follows up on report on inmate care at Nevada prison. Nevada Appeal 1/8/08

Nevada judicial panel files complaint against judge. Nevada Appeal 1/7/08

Judicial Discipline Commission: Judge faces misconduct charge. LVRJ 1/8/08

Editorial: death penalty procrastination. LVRJ 1/8/08

Editorial: Public Defenders. LVRJ 1/8/08

Justices chilly to bid to alter lethal injections. NYTimes 1/8/08

Justices seem unswayed by lethal injection foes. NYTimes 1/8/08

Scotusblog also provides analysis of the lethal injection oral arguments and provides links to the transcripts.

FBI data shows drop in crime. NYTimes 1/8/08

If your hard-drive could testify. Adam Liptak NYTimes 1/8/08

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State still mum about need to make cuts at Ely State Prison. Ely Times 1/2/08

Department of Prisons dodges responsibility for not ordering autopsies on two ESP inmates. Ely Times 1/2/08

District Court: Judges decides to leave bench. LVRJ 1/3/08

Filing period for judges starts January 7 under new law. RGJ 1/2/08

In brief. LVRJ 1/3/08 (re: Municipal Court Judge Toy Gregory's heart attack).

Court administrator plans to retire in June. LVRJ 1/3/08

Non-stop Ely to Las Vegas flights to start by summer. Ely Times 1/2/08

Museum plans arresting experience. LVSun1/3/08

Judge revokes public defender for local travel agent's defense. Lahontan Valley News 1/1/08

Nevada faces parole hearing overload. Sparks Tribune 1/2/08

Huge number of inmates to get parole hearings in February. Nevada Appeal 1/2/08

Editorial: Stopping secret justice. LVRJ 1/3/08

The Scourge of the Billable Hour. Slate 1/2/08

Justice Dept. Sets Criminal Inquiry on CIA Tapes. NYTimes 1/2/08

Criminal Probe on CIA Tapes Opened. Washington Post 1/3/08

States Hesitate to Lead Change on Executions. Adam Liptak, NYTimes 1/3/08

Under Pressure, Prosecutor in Texas Won't Run Again. NYTimes 1/3/08

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Holidays slow, don't stop court business. LVSun 12/25/07

Editorial: Prison officials must avoid health-care battle. RGJ 12/23/07

Judicial hopefuls face early filing date. RGJ 12/26/07

At 60% of total, Texas is bucking execution trend. Adam Liptak, NYTimes 12/26/07

Los Angeles combating gangs gone international. NYTimes 12/26/07

State's prison budge is up 79% since 2003. LATimes 12/26/07

The Work Remaining. Editorial NYTimes 12/26/07

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Schools, prisons must join in budget cuts. Nevada Appeal 12/15/07

Board finds chiropractor guilty of unprofessional conduct. LVRJ 12/16/07

Sealed lawsuits: trend among cases criticized. LVRJ 12/16/07

Doctor to retaliate for drug charges. LVRJ 12/15/07

Inmate serving life sentence fights for right to keep beard. LVRJ 12/15/07

Criminal citations set in Harrah's remodeling. LVRJ 12/15/07

17 criminal misdemeanor citations issues to Harrah's Entertainment. Nevada Appeal 12/15/07

Reno teenager sues ex-police officer over traffic stop. Nevada Appeal 12/15/07

From street to discreet. LVSun 12/15/07

Looking in on: Courts. LVSun 12/14/07

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District Court: Halverson attracts opponent. LVRJ 12/13/07

Democrats join in court fight over Gibbons' cuts. LVRJ 12/13/07

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