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The State Bar of Nevada has operated for more than 80 years; it was founded in 1928. Prior to the incorporation of the State Bar of Nevada, a preliminary organization, the Nevada Bar Association, existed in Nevada from 1911 to 1928. At that time, the majority of lawyers resided in Washoe County, and membership in the association was voluntary.
Bryan K. Scott (1991): [26] [27] First African American male to serve as the President of the Clark County Bar Association, Nevada; Fidel Salcedo: [28] First Latino American male to serve as a Justice of the Peace in Reno, Nevada [Washoe County, Nevada] David Dean (1974): [29] First African American male lawyer in Reno, Nevada [Washoe County ...
The Chief Justice rotates on the Supreme Court of Nevada, almost always to a judge who is in their final two years of their term. Following the expansions of the court in 1967 and 1999, judges began to split what had traditionally been a two-year term between two or three justices, allowing each justice the opportunity to be Chief Justice during their six-year term.
Each of Nevada's counties and its independent city are divided into one or more townships, [14] [15] and each township has a justice court. [16] The justice courts are courts of limited jurisdiction that hear only minor cases; in general, they hear misdemeanor cases (including traffic tickets), [ a ] and civil cases involving $15,000 or less ...
Sandra Morgan: [32] First African American female (and African American in general) to serve as a City Attorney in North Las Vegas [Clark County, Nevada] Sally Loehrer: [22] First female President of the Clark County Bar Association in Nevada (1985) Catherine Ramsey: [42] First female elected judge in Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County, Nevada; 2011)
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Catherine Marie Cortez Masto (born March 29, 1964) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Nevada, a seat she has held since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party , Cortez Masto served as the 32nd attorney general of Nevada from 2007 to 2015.