Specialty Courts To Graduate 67 Participants This Friday
This Friday, specialty court graduates who have evolved over years of intensive treatment and rehabilitation programs will get a fresh start for spring. The 67 grads from the Eighth Judicial District specialty courts will shed their old lives and begin their new lives. They leave [...]
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Joe Hardy Jr. and Eric Johnson appointed by governor to Eighth Judicial District Court
Governor Brian Sandoval today announced the appointment of Joseph “Joe” Hardy Jr. to Department 15 and Louis Eric Johnson to Department 20 of the Eighth Judicial District Court. They will fill the vacancies created by the appointment of Judges Abbi Silver and Jerome “Jerry” Tao [...]
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Lawyer who puts in time to help those with low income gets recognition from bench
“Today, the current deficiencies in our indigent defense system and the gaps in legal services for the poor and middle class constitute not just a problem, but a crisis. And this crisis appears as difficult and intransigent as any now before us.” That quote from [...]
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Practicing lawyers make way for a promising young batch of VTCTA students getting prepped to practice law
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Eighth Judicial District Court seeking qualified applicants for criminal division pro tem commissioners
The Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court is seeking qualified applicants for the position of criminal division pro tem commissioner. The court is looking to select several qualified candidates to serve as-needed in the criminal division. Those interested in being considered for one of these part-time [...]
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Practicing lawyers make way for a promising young batch of VTCTA students getting prepped to practice law
A promising class of high school students from Veterans Tribute Career and Technical Academy (VTCTA), conducted two mock trials in the courtroom of District Court Judge Nancy Allf at the Regional Justice Center today. The aspiring attorneys did an impressive job trying their cases and [...]
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Never give up – Letter from 16 year old daughter of a specialty court graduate
“Life with an addicted mother is like looking down a dark tunnel.” Being the child of an addict is the worst, but watching them grow and recover is the best. I am here to speak today because no parent truly understands what a child goes [...]
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All Probate Hearings To Be Held At Regional Justice Center – Hearings Formerly Held At Family Court Will Be Held At RJC
Probate hearings formerly held at the Family Court will now be held at the Regional Justice Center at 200 Lewis Ave. in courtroom 3F. The move brings hearings conducted by Probate Commissioner Wesley Yamashita into the same courthouse as Probate Judge Gloria Sturman and [...]
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State senator’s deceased mother lives on through donation made to save lives
Stop DUI Uses memoriam Donation from R&R Partners CEO to provide 20 new clubs to keep chronic DUI offenders off roads while in rehabilitation programThe Eighth Judicial District Court felony DUI program has had great success and accomplished much to get people’s lives on track, [...]
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