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- Prosecutor (Austin Beaumont) challenging incumbent (Jessica Peterson) in Clark County District Court Dept. 8. [NV Current]
- Public defender (Alex Hubert) challenging incumbent (Tara Clark Newberry) in Clark County Dept. 21. [NV Current]
Judge Peterson has out-fundraised her opponent by 5:1. It looks like Beaumont is hoping to win through some kind of combination of the RJ’s negative coverage of Peterson and the union GOTV apparatus. He has the turn-key Letizia package of union endorsements. Maybe that will be enough. It does not appear that Beaumont is aggressively trying to raise funds or attending rubber chicken dinners.
Beaumont is a stand up person with high morals. I think running for judge takes a lot of strength, so kudos to him. Both of these candidates are deserving, but personally I’m rooting for Peterson. I do hope Beaumont runs again in the future if he is unsuccessful.
I know absolutely nothing about Beaumont. But I’m prepared to vote for him because of the alternative.
No more prosecutors with no civil experience handling civil cases!
For what it’s worth, I know he clerked for Judges Miley and Earley for several years. He’s far more experienced in civil than you’d think.
That is your evidence that he is experienced with civil cases?
I worked for Kerry Earley when she and Nancy Savage had their med mal firm back in the day. There is no way in God’s Green Goodness that he worked for Kerry that long if he wasn’t up to snuff. She had no tolerance for…well anything, really.
Integrity is everything!
who’s name is first on the ballot
Raising money or not, he’s definitely been out on the rubber chicken circuit and he’s got quite a signage presence. I’m guessing he got a big cash infusion recently. Plus he comes off as a good man with a good recognizable name. I’m rooting for him.
I’m not a fan of Newberry or Peterson but at least they (sort of) understand civil law. I’m so sick of prosecutors and public defenders running and getting bench seats. This city needs more Judge Williams’, Judge Dentons, Judge Glass’ (RIP)….you get it. I’d rather face the devil I know with Clark-Newberry and Peterson than vote in criminal lawyers.
Heavy on the “sort of.” It’s almost better to have these criminal practitioners come in because they actually go in and read to the law in an attempt to understand it and get it right it seems rather than applying whatever jaded version of civil law they bring with them from their private practice. I think Kierny, Trujillo, Talim, Pieper, and Thunnel have all done better at understanding and applying civil law than many of their so-called “civil” colleagues.
Talim and Mendoza have no grasp of civil law. Trujillo and Kierney have gotten better. But 14 and 27 are on an island.
Talim is good. I’ll take her over most of the ex-civil practitioners. She is smart, reads the briefs, tells you exactly where her issues lay and asks pointed questions to cut down on attorneys reading their briefs. And she is, by far, one of the most pleasant personalities on the bench.
Mendoza – see above (except for the personality part).
Agree 100% on Talim! She’s a fabulous person!
Yeah. I’ve had her make some mistakes on some pretty well-settled areas of law, but I think it’s just inexperience with the issues. Most of the time she puts in the work, gets it right, and is pleasant along the way.
But when gets it wrong, she gets it really (like did you actually go to law school?) wrong.
Kierney is hands down the best. There is a reason she was ranked #1.
Disagree. I’ve had civil matters before Mendoza and she was great. I can only speak to my experience, but she reads everything and isn’t afraid to grant a dispositive motion when appropriate.
While I generally agree that we need judges with more civil experience, Judge Glass was a criminal defense attorney.
Judge Peterson granted an injunction when the Plaintiff did not have standing, she admitted they did not have standing under the caselaw in her order, but believed the Nevada Supreme Court would expand the caselaw in this situation, the Nevada Supreme Court reversed holding Judge Peterson was supposed to follow the law, not act as a prognosticator.
“I know this oven burner is hot, but I’m gonna touch it anyway.” – Judge Peterson
Which case was this? I’ll bet $7 that was a Herndon quote.