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The district courts are Nevada's trial courts of general jurisdiction; they also serve as the appellate court for cases decided in the justice courts and municipal courts. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The state is divided into eleven judicial districts, each of which comprises one to three of Nevada's sixteen counties and one independent city . [ 11 ]
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.
Sixth Judicial District – Humboldt County. 1 judge. Seventh Judicial District – Eureka County, Lincoln County, and White Pine County. 2 judges. Eighth Judicial District – Clark County (serves the Las Vegas metropolitan area and is the largest of the judicial districts). 52 judges (20 family court, 32 civil/criminal court). Ninth Judicial ...
Columbia County Chief Superior Court Judge James Blanchard plans to retire on Jan. 1. He looks back on his career and accomplishments in this interview.
In 2010, Alff was elected for the first time to the trial level Eighth Judicial District Court, in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada. She was subsequently re-elected in 2014 and 2020. [1] [2] She served from 2011 until her retirement in January 2024. Allf became the District Court civil division's presiding judge in 2021.
The following is a list of all current judges of the United States district and territorial courts. The list includes both "active" and "senior" judges, both of whom hear and decide cases. There are 89 districts in the 50 states, with a total of 94 districts including four territories and the District of Columbia .
Catherine Ramsey: [42] First female elected judge in Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County, Nevada; 2011) Diana Hampton: [43] [44] First female elected Judge of the Henderson Municipal Court (Clark County, Nevada; 2005) Tierra Jones: [17] [18] First African American female to serve on the Clark County District Court (2017)
Renise Wolfe’s mother Tracy Coleman cries inside the courthouse on Dec. 24, 2024. 8 News Now- Las Vegas The two families got into a second argument outside the courthouse after the altercation ...