Brian Edward Sandoval is an American politician,academic administrator,and former federal judge who served as the 29th Governor of Nevada from 2011 to 2019.
Harry Eugene Claiborne was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada from 1978 until his impeachment and removal in 1986. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978,Claiborne was only the fifth person in United States history to be removed from office through impeachment by the United States Congress and the first since Halsted Ritter in 1936.
Irwin Allen Schiff was an American libertarian and tax resistance advocate known for writing and promoting literature in which he argued that the way in which the income tax in the United States is enforced upon individuals as a tax on one's time or wages,is illegal and unconstitutional. Judges in several civil and criminal cases ruled in favor of the federal government and against Schiff. As a result of these judicial rulings Schiff was in a hospital prison serving a sentence of 162 months at the time of his death.
Kent Joseph Dawson is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Denny Chin is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,based in New York City. He was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York before joining the federal appeals bench. President Bill Clinton nominated Chin to the district court on March 24,1994,and Chin was confirmed August 9 of that same year. On October 6,2009,President Barack Obama nominated Chin to the Second Circuit. He was confirmed on April 22,2010,by the United States Senate,filling the vacancy created by Judge Robert D. Sack who assumed senior status. Chin was the first Asian American appointed as a United States District Judge outside of the Ninth Circuit.
Darren Roy Mack is the convicted killer of his 39-year-old estranged wife,Charla Mack,and of attempted murder of Family Court Judge Chuck Weller,who was handling the couple’s divorce. Mack pleaded guilty to his wife's murder and took an Alford plea on the attempted murder charges of the judge.
Robert Clive Jones is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. He served as the Chief United States District Judge from 2011 to 2014.
Zane Michael Floyd is an American convicted mass murderer who at the age of 23 killed four people and injured a fifth in a supermarket in Las Vegas,Nevada,on June 3,1999. After being convicted of the murders,Floyd was sentenced to death by a Clark County jury.
In the Nevada state court system,the Nevada District Courts are the trial courts of general jurisdiction,where criminal,civil,family,and juvenile matters are generally resolved through arbitration,mediation,and bench or jury trials.
James Cameron Mahan is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Frank Herbert Norcross was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Philip Martin Pro is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. He is currently an arbitrator and mediator in private practice.
Bruce Rutherford Thompson was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Miranda Mai Du is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge. Du was nominated by President Barack Obama to the United States District Court for the District of Nevada in 2011,and confirmed by the Senate in 2012. As a district judge,Du has presided over a number of noteworthy cases,including a number regarding voting rights. She has been chief judge of the court since 2019.
Jennifer Anna Dorsey is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Lidia Shenade Stiglich is an American attorney and jurist serving as a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada since 2016. She was appointed by Governor Brian Sandoval on November 10,2016.
Egan Kirk Walker is an American lawyer and judge from Nevada. He is a judge in the General Jurisdiction of the Second Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada. He was appointed to this role by Governor Brian Sandoval on December 20,2017. Prior to this appointment he had served in the family division of the same court for nine years.
The Nevada Judiciary is the judicial branch of the Government of Nevada,which is responsible for applying the Constitution and law of Nevada. It consists of the Supreme Court,Court of Appeals,district courts,justice courts,and municipal courts. The Supreme Court oversees the administration of the judiciary.
Joseph Conforte was an American legal brothel owner from Sparks,Nevada,professional boxing promoter,restaurateur,and philanthropist.
