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Addeliar Dell Guy (1957): [3] [5] First African American male to serve as a Deputy District Attorney in Clark County, Nevada (1966) and Judge of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Dept. XI (1975) John F. Mendoza (1951): [1] [2] First Hispanic American male to serve as a Justice of the Peace (1955-1957) for the Las Vegas Township, City Attorney ...
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 ...
[1] [7] On November 21, 2022, Governor Steve Sisolak appointed Lee as a justice of the Nevada Supreme Court to fill the seat left by the resignation of Justice Abbi Silver. [ 6 ] [ 8 ] She is the first African American woman and the first Asian American to serve on the Nevada Supreme Court.
The headquarters of the Supreme Court of Nevada in Carson City. Supreme Court of Nevada [1] Nevada Court of Appeals [2] District Courts of Nevada (11 districts) [3] Municipal Courts of Nevada [4] Justice Courts of Nevada [5] Federal courts located in Nevada. United States District Court for the District of Nevada [6]
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).
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.
The Las Vegas district court in a statement said: "We commend the heroic acts of her staff, law enforcement, and all others who subdued the defendant. "The court remains committed to a safe and ...
Miriam Mattinen Shearing [1] (born Ellen Miriam Mattinen; [2] February 24, 1935) is an American lawyer and retired judge in Nevada. Shearing was the first woman to serve as a Nevada district judge and as justice and chief justice on the Supreme Court of Nevada (1993–2005). [3] [4]