List of justices of the Supreme Court of Nevada

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Following is a list of the Supreme Court of Nevada justices.

Contents

YearsSeat 1Seat 2Seat 3
1864seats established in 1967 H. O. Beatty [1] [2] Cornelius M. Brosnan [1] [3] James F. Lewis [1] seats established in 1999
1865
1866
1867
J. Neely Johnson [4]
1868
1869 Bernard C. Whitman [5]
1870
1871 John Garber [6]
1872
1873 Charles H. Belknap [7] Thomas P. Hawley [8]
1874
1875 William H. Beatty Warner Earll [9]
1876
1877 Orville R. Leonard
1878
1879
1880
1881 Charles H. Belknap
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889 Michael A. Murphy
1890
1891 Rensselaer R. Bigelow [10]
1892
1893
1894
1895 McKaskia Stearns Bonnifield
1896
1897 William A. Massey [11]
1898
1899
1900
1901 Adolphus L. Fitzgerald
1902 Thomas V. Julien [12]
1903 George F. Talbot
1904
1905 Frank H. Norcross
1906
1907 James G. Sweeney
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913 Patrick McCarran
1914
1915 Benjamin W. Coleman [13]
1916
1917 John A. Sanders
1918
1919 Edward A. Ducker [14]
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935 E. J. L. Taber [15]
1936
1937
1938
1939
William Edwin Orr [16] [17]
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
Charles Lee Horsey [18]
1946
Edgar Eather [19] [20]
1947
Milton B. Badt [21] [22]
1948
1949
1950
1951 Charles M. Merrill [23]
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959 Frank McNamee [24] [25]
Miles N. Pike [26] [27]
1960
1961
Gordon R. Thompson [28]
1962
1963
1964
1965
David Zenoff [29] [30]
1966
Jon R. Collins [31]
1967
John C. Mowbray [32] Cameron McV. Batjer [32] [33]
1968
1969
1970
1971 Elmer M. Gunderson
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
Noel E. Manoukian [34]
1978
1979
1980
1981 Charles E. Springer
1982 Thomas L. Steffen [35]
1983
1984
1985 C. Clifton Young
1986
1987
1988
1989 Robert E. Rose
1990
1991
1992
1993 Miriam Shearing
1994
1995
1996
1997 A. William Maupin
1998
1999 Deborah Agosti Myron E. Leavitt [36] Nancy A. Becker
2000
2001
2002
2003 Mark Gibbons
2004 Michael L. Douglas [37]
2005 James Hardesty Ron Parraguirre
2006
2007 Michael Cherry Nancy Saitta [38]
2008
2009 Kristina Pickering
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017 Lidia S. Stiglich [39]
2018
2019 Elissa F. Cadish Abbi Silver [40]
2020
2021 Douglas W. Herndon
2022
2023 Linda M. Bell Patricia Lee [41]
YearsSeat ASeat BSeat CSeat DSeat ESeat FSeat G

Chief justices

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. For many chief justices, the date of dates of tenure are drawn from the dates of court terms in the Nevada Judicial History Database.

Order (sequential)Order (by first tenure)Chief JusticeBeganEndedRef.
— (territorial) George Turner March 27, 1861August 22, 1864 [42]
11 James F. Lewis November 8, 1864January 7, 1867 [42]
22 H. O. Beatty January 7, 1867November 9, 1868 [43]
31 James F. Lewis November 9, 1868January 6, 1873 [42]
43 Bernard C. Whitman January 6, 1873January 4, 1875 [42] [44]
54 Thomas P. Hawley January 4, 1875January 6, 1879 [42] [44]
65 William H. Beatty January 6, 1879January 3, 1881 [42] [44]
76 Orville R. Leonard January 3, 1881January 1, 1883 [42] [44]
84 Thomas P. Hawley January 1, 1883January 5, 1885 [45] [44]
97 Charles H. Belknap January 5, 1885January 3, 1887 [46] [44]
106 Orville R. Leonard January 3, 1887January 7, 1889 [47] [44]
114 Thomas P. Hawley January 7, 1889September 27, 1890 [48] [44]
128 Rensselaer R. Bigelow December 2, 1890January 5, 1891 [49] [44]
137 Charles H. Belknap January 5, 1891January 2, 1893 [50] [44]
149 Michael A. Murphy January 2, 1893January 7, 1895 [51] [44]
158 Rensselaer R. Bigelow January 7, 1895January 4, 1897 [52] [44]
167 Charles H. Belknap January 4, 1897January 2, 1899 [53] [44]
1710 McKaskia Stearns Bonnifield January 2, 1899January 7, 1901 [54] [44]
1811 William A. Massey January 7, 1901September 1, 1902 [55] [44]
1912 Thomas V. Julien September 15, 1902January 5, 1903 [56] [44]
207 Charles H. Belknap January 5, 1903January 2, 1905 [57] [44]
2113 Adolphus L. Fitzgerald January 2, 1905January 7, 1907 [58] [44]
2214 George Frederick Talbot January 7, 1907January 4, 1909 [59] [44]
2315 Frank H. Norcross January 4, 1909January 2, 1911 [60] [44]
2416 James G. Sweeney January 2, 1911January 6, 1913 [61] [44]
2514 George F. Talbot January 6, 1913January 4, 1915 [62] [44]
2615 Frank H. Norcross January 4, 1915January 1, 1917 [63] [44]
2717 Patrick McCarran January 1, 1917January 6, 1919 [64] [44]
2818 Benjamin W. Coleman January 6, 1919January 3, 1921 [65] [44]
2919 John A. Sanders January 3, 1921January 2, 1923 [66] [44]
3020 Edward A. Ducker January 2, 1923January 5, 1925 [67] [44]
3118 Benjamin W. Coleman January 5, 1925January 3, 1927 [68] [44]
3219 John A. Sanders January 3, 1927January 4, 1929 [69] [44]
3320 Edward A. Ducker January 4, 1929January 5, 1931 [70] [44]
3418 Benjamin W. Coleman January 5, 1931January 2, 1933 [71] [44]
3519 John A. Sanders January 2, 1933January 7, 1935 [72] [44]
3620 Edward A. Ducker January 7, 1935January 4, 1937 [73] [44]
3718 Benjamin W. Coleman January 4, 1937January 2, 1939 [74] [44]
3821 E. J. L. Taber January 2, 1939January 6, 1941 [75] [44]
3920 Edward A. Ducker January 6, 1941January 4, 1943 [76] [44]
4022 William Edwin Orr January 4, 1943January 1, 1945 [77] [44]
4121 E. J. L. Taber January 1, 1945January 6, 1947 [78] [44]
4223 Edgar Eather January 6, 1947January 1, 1949 [79] [44]
4324 Charles Lee Horsey January 1, 1949January 2, 1951 [80]
4425 Milton B. Badt January 2, 1951January 6, 1953 [80] [44]
4523 Edgar Eather January 6, 1953January 4, 1955 [80]
4626 Charles M. Merrill January 4, 1955January 8, 1957 [80]
4725 Milton B. Badt January 8, 1957October 1, 1959 [80]
4826 Charles M. Merrill October 1, 1959October 1, 1959 [81]
4927 Frank McNamee January 5, 1960January 3, 1961 [80]
5025 Milton B. Badt January 3, 1961January 5, 1965 [80]
5127 Frank McNamee January 5, 1965February 17, 1965 [80]
5228 Gordon R. Thompson February 17, 1965January 7, 1969 [80]
5329 Jon R. Collins January 7, 1969January 5, 1971 [80]
5430 David Zenoff January 5, 1971January 2, 1973 [80] [44]
5528 Gordon R. Thompson January 2, 1973January 7, 1975 [80]
5631 Elmer M. Gunderson January 7, 1975January 4, 1977 [80]
5732 Cameron McV. Batjer January 4, 1977January 4, 1979 [80]
5833 John C. Mowbray January 4, 1979January 3, 1981 [80]
5931 Elmer M. Gunderson January 3, 1981January 1, 1983 [80]
6034 Noel E. Manoukian January 1, 1983January 7, 1985 [80]
6135 Charles E. Springer January 7, 1985January 6, 1986 [80]
6233 John C. Mowbray January 6, 1986January 5, 1987 [80]
6331 Elmer M. Gunderson January 5, 1987January 2, 1989 [80]
6436 C. Clifton Young January 2, 1989January 7, 1991 [80]
6533 John C. Mowbray January 7, 1991January 4, 1993 [80]
6637 Robert E. Rose January 4, 1993January 3, 1995 [80]
6738 Thomas L. Steffen January 3, 1995January 6, 1997 [80]
6839 Miriam Shearing January 6, 1997January 5, 1998 [80] [44]
6935 Charles E. Springer January 5, 1998January 1, 1999 [80]
7037 Robert E. Rose January 1, 1999January 2, 2001 [80]
7140 A. William Maupin January 2, 2001January 6, 2003 [80]
7241 Deborah Agosti January 6, 2003January 5, 2004 [80]
7339 Miriam Shearing January 5, 2004January 1, 2005 [80] [44]
7442 Nancy A. Becker January 1, 2005January 1, 2006 [80]
7537 Robert E. Rose January 1, 2006January 2, 2007 [80]
7640 A. William Maupin January 2, 2007January 7, 2008 [80]
7743 Mark Gibbons January 7, 2008January 2, 2009 [80]
7844 James Hardesty January 2, 2009January 4, 2010 [80]
7945 Ron Parraguirre January 4, 2010January 3, 2011 [82]
8046 Michael L. Douglas January 3, 2011September 5, 2011 [83] [44]
8147 Nancy Saitta September 5, 2011May 7, 2012 [84]
8248 Michael Cherry May 7, 2012January 7, 2013 [84]
8349 Kristina Pickering January 7, 2013January 6, 2014 [85]
8443 Mark Gibbons January 6, 2014January 5, 2015 [86]
8544 James Hardesty January 5, 2015January 4, 2016 [87]
8645 Ron Parraguirre January 4, 2016January 2, 2017 [88]
8748 Michael Cherry January 2, 2017January 1, 2018 [89]
8846 Michael L. Douglas January 1, 2018January 7, 2019 [90]
8943 Mark Gibbons January 7, 2019January 6, 2020 [91]
9049 Kristina Pickering January 6, 2020January 4, 2021 [92]
9144 James Hardesty January 4, 2021January 5, 2022 [93]
9245 Ron Parraguirre January 5, 2022January 2, 2023 [94]
9350 Lidia S. Stiglich January 2, 2023January 2, 2024 [95]
9451 Elissa F. Cadish January 2, 2024present [96]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Took office (December 5, 1864).
  2. Resigned (November 9, 1868).
  3. Died (April 21, 1867).
  4. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Brosnan's death; subsequently elected.
  5. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Beatty's resignation; subsequently elected.
  6. Resigned (November 7, 1872).
  7. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Garber's resignation.
  8. Resigned (September 27, 1890).
  9. Elected to fill vacancy left by Garber's resignation.
  10. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Beatty's resignation (December 2, 1890); elected to full term (November 4, 1890).
  11. Resigned (September 1, 1902).
  12. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Massey's resignation (September 15, 1902).
  13. Died (February 25, 1939).
  14. Died (August 14, 1946).
  15. Died (February 6, 1947).
  16. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Coleman's death (March 2, 1939); subsequently elected.
  17. Resigned (October 10, 1945).
  18. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Orr's resignation (October 10, 1945); subsequently elected.
  19. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Ducker's death (September 18, 1946); subsequently elected.
  20. Resigned (December 15, 1958).
  21. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Taber's death (March 26, 1947); subsequently elected.
  22. Died (April 2, 1966).
  23. Resigned (October 1, 1959).
  24. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Eather's resignation (December 15, 1958); subsequently elected.
  25. Resigned (February 17, 1965).
  26. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Merrill's resignation (October 1, 1959); subsequently elected.
  27. Resigned (June 5, 1961).
  28. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Pike's resignation (June 5, 1961); subsequently elected.
  29. Appointed to fill vacancy left by McNamee's resignation (May 1, 1965); subsequently elected.
  30. Resigned (May 2, 1977).
  31. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Badt's death (June 5, 1966); subsequently elected.
  32. 1 2 Appointed to newly established seat (October 1, 1967); subsequently elected.
  33. Resigned (November 4, 1981).
  34. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Zenoff's resignation (May 2, 1977); subsequently elected.
  35. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Batjer's resignation (April 26, 1982); subsequently elected.
  36. Died (January 9, 2004).
  37. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Leavitt's death (April 19, 2004); subsequently elected.
  38. Resigned (August 8, 2016).
  39. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Saitta's resignation (November 10, 2016); subsequently elected.
  40. Resigned (September 30, 2022).
  41. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Silver's resignation (November 21, 2022).
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  79. "Judges Perform 63 Per Cent Of All Marriages in County". Nevada State Journal. 1947-01-05.
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  82. "Pacificare of Nevada, Inc. v. Griffiths". Supreme Court of Nevada. 2010-01-04.
  83. "Rookie governors facing unhappy new year". NBC News. 2011-01-04. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020.
  84. 1 2 "Justice Michael Cherry Becomes Supreme Court Chief Justice". Supreme Court of Nevada. 2012-05-07.
  85. "Michael Cherry ends term as Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice". Supreme Court of Nevada. 2012-12-31.
  86. "Justice Pickering completes term as Chief Justice". Supreme Court of Nevada. 2014-01-03.
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  89. "Nevada Appellate Courts Change Leadership in 2017". Supreme Court of Nevada. 2016-12-16.
  90. "Retiring Justice Michael L. Douglas Selected to Serve as 2018 Chief Justice". Supreme Court of Nevada. 2017-12-04.
  91. "Justice Gibbons Begins Term as Chief Justice: Two Justices Join the Nevada Supreme Court". Supreme Court of Nevada. 2019-01-07.
  92. "Kristina Pickering Begins Term as 2020 Supreme Court Chief Justice". Supreme Court of Nevada. 2020-01-02.
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