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- California, Nevada and Arizona announce temporary plan to save water from the Colorado River. [TNI]
- Former Badlands owner buying Las Vegas land again after big settlement with city. [RJ]
- ‘Gorilla pimp’ ex-lawyer, wife sued by alleged sex trafficking victim. [RJ]
- Murder confession blocked by marriage? Las Vegas judge to decide. [KTNV]
- Nevada Democratic attorney general primary is a battle over rich donors and résumés. [TNI; NV Current]
Nevada Democratic attorney general primary
If you watch their TV ads, both are terrible choices. Not a word about issues in Nevada, seeming to believe that they will take the national stage. (Hint: neither has the training, experience or chops for that role).
What would you like the ads to say – I’ll get more prisoner lawsuits dismissed on qualified immunity grounds than the other guy? No one cares about the day to day work of the AG *except for* the national cases.
Both Dem candidates are significantly more qualified than Tarkanian or a solo PI attorney running on the GOP side.
That Guymon complaint should come with a parental warning label. What a sicko. I know why she’s bringing Marjorie and her firm into it (where else is the money coming from?), but that could be a tough one. For one thing (among several things), I’m sure the policy has exclusions re sexual abuse and things of that nature.
Gary Guymon did not work for Dara Goldsmith’s firm. Gary had his own criminal law practice downtown.
Yes. Which is why that’s a bit of a stretch.
I have had cases with Dara Goldsmith, but not Marjorie Guymon (whom everyone who knows her speaks highly of), and I just have to say what nonsense. Dara is such a diligent professional, a true lawyers lawyer who is ethical beyond reproach. She does not deserve this. Naming G&G firm seems to be an opportunistic reach.
Maybe Christian Morris is trying to get a quick nuisance value settlement to fund her litigation against the remaining parties. Probably still a Rule 11 violation, but not bad business.
Always bad business to attack another lawyer for an “ethical violation” in order to try and squeeze a few bucks out of them. Bad business that we cannot tolerate and I hope the court sanctions her. Disgusting and pathetic is the motive to impugn G&G for money….image in an attorney has a spouse who is a surgeon is alleged to have committed medical malpractice and the attorney was sued because she should have stopped him from taking risks in his surgical practice because she knew about his risky proclivities at home? Sounds ridiculous, right?
Bad business because, going forward, when I hear or read the name “Christian Morris” the first thing I will think of this bullshit lawsuit.
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
You didn’t already think that?
Why hasn’t Marjorie divorced Gary? She is a good person.
Probably in an abusive relationship. People sometimes have their own reasons for not leaving such relationships. They may attempt to leave several times. Trauma bond, etc.
I don’t know what the answer is, but the state needs to figure out a way to get people to stop growing alfalfa in one of the most arid places on earth.
I don’t think Nevada, at least in the Colorado river basin (not Great Basin), has much of an alfalfa problem. There might be some along the Muddy River, but that’s it and it’s not much. As to the bigger issue of alfalfa in both the Great Basin and Colorado River Basin, hate as much as you want, but be ready for milk and dairy products to become much more expensive.
I don’t know of any alfalfa fields in Las Vegas or Southern Nevada. Utah is a different story, but Utah is on a different aquifer.
Southern and southwestern Utah are in the Colorado River Basin with us. There are alfalfa fields in Southern Utah, even in Washington City (although they are quickly being replaced by very gaudy McMansions). What they do in the Great Basin doesn’t affect us (although they are foolishly putting in a MASSIVE data center north of what’s left of the Great Salt Lake).
*South eastern (four corners, Moab, etc).
Judges read this blog. Let’s use it as a way to tell them what we wish they knew. Emerging issues and trends, what they can do to help the bar, or just makes things easier on us. There are plenty of venues where judges tel the bar what the think. Let’s use this, with respect, telling them what we might otherwise (in person) be scared to say.
There is already a formal event for this, it happened just a few weeks go. I watched by Zoom. I wish I had sumitted comments.
My gripe is that I follow the rules about in person appearances and opposing counsel doesn’t, giving a financial advantage to the opposing party. Either have a rule and enforce it with consequences or don’t have a rule. But this partial compliance stuff is bullshit.
It was attended by all the judges?? What event?
Frustrating to show up in person on a dispositive motion and have opposing counsel on the phone.
What’s the problem if OC filed the proper notice of remote appearance? I have done lots of dispositive motions via zoom and never found that I, or my client, was prejudiced by it. The judges have been doing remote hearings for so long now that they are well equipped to handle these hearings remotely. I hope they keep allowing remote hearings, because it saves the bar (collectively) a lot of time and money.
Why don’t you just appear remotely too? If you are on the billable side, definitely show up in person and get that money, but if not, why fight traffic to go sit in the court room punching the clown for 2-3 hours to have your 20 minute motion get heard?
Why? If you think appearing in person is more persuasive, take the W in the knowledge that your opposing counsel forfeited that possible advantage. Are you thinking “I would have liked to shown up to court in a suit jacket and shorts too”? Then do that next time.
Hey whomever the Plaintiff’s lawyer is who thinks Dara Goldsmith and her firm had some ability to stop a lawyer at a different law firm who happened to be married to her law partner- I hope you get Rule 11’d. I cannot wish you enough bad things.
Christian Morris is your culprit.
Christian knows what she is doing.
Shitting where one eats?
No. Just wiping the floor with opposing counsel.
Ok, Christian Morris’ associate
Man I just read the Complaint (all 55 pages) and have to say that I join in the Rule 11 wish. Cannot decide which is more frivolous: suing Dara’s firm for the actions of an attorney not practicing with Dara’s firm or suing Dennis Prince for not warning that Dennis himself might be shot to death. Sometimes we earn the bad reputation as a profession that we have.
How often do rule 11 sanctions actually get ordered? I’ve only seen a couple of cases over 25 yrs of practice. So, throw what you can and see what sticks.
Honestly, never. You might get EDCR sanctions, but actual Rule 11 sanctions? Never. 20 years of practice and I’ve never seen it. I have seen one show cause hearing, and the judge let counsel off.
That’s at least in part because people don’t bother to bring Rule 11 motions correctly (with proper notice under the 21 day provision). It would be worth doing that here, IMO.
NRPC 8.3 vs spousal privilege?
Plus the allegation is that Plaintiff reached out to Marjorie to go tell the State Bar after the plaintiff had already told the State Bar. So the allegation that Marjorie’s failure to tell the OBC is what actually and proximately caused Plaintiff’s injuries is ludicrous.
Another civil bench bar meeting with input from three judges on a topic. These departments all do their own thing so unless they can get in the same page and give us best practices, what’s the point if these meetings where we learn what three of the DC judges do??
Complete lack of self awareness from the bench bar meeting organizers.
Curious addition to the initial bench bar email about the recent civil decisions, e.g. the follow-up decision in the criminal Chasing Horse case. I wonder why they’re pointing that out?
Tip from the civil bar bench: try not to violate the Constitution and alter official court records.
The point is that I learn what three of the DC judges do. Half a loaf better than none at all.
Majorie and firm included because she failed to report underlying issues which she was apparently made aware of and had a duty to report. That’s the theory. Idk if there was a duty to report anything esp by his wife.
She may have had a duty to report for professional reasons, but not sure that this translates to an identifiable duty to this non-client plaintiff for purposes of tort liability. What exactly did she know and when did she know it in terms of whether reporting could have prevented any of the co duct for which damages are being sought? I’m not so quick to jump on the Rule 11 bandwagon, but let’s see.
I think there was absolutely a duty to report, regardless of marital status. The information came from the victim direct to Marjorie, and there is no carve out that I am aware of under either Nevada or the ABA that excuses an attorney from reporting their attorney spouse. I do agree the more difficult aspect is whether or not the duty to report under the professional rules can be relied upon to create a duty owed to a non-client. Put differently, do the professional rules create a general duty to the public, such that when there is a failure to follow and that failure results in reasonably foreseeable harm, a non-client nonmember of the public harmed by the violation may assert a claim for damages? I don’t think so, but it is more nuanced than I think it appears at first glance.
(1) There doesn’t need to be a carve out for 8.3 for the spousal privilege to apply. As a matter of policy, I don’t want to live in a world where married attorneys have a duty to report each other. Nasty.
(2) Even if there is no spousal privilege, you’d still have to show that MG had ACTUAL notice of the violation. The Complaint makes it sound like the former client, who, generously might not be the most credible witness, went to MG in person. If there is no other evidence other than P’s self-serving testimony, I’m not sure you’re going to establish a duty under NRCP. Which, incidentally, probably not a duty under tort to the P anyway.
This whole thing sucks. I hope all the defendants except the Gorilla Pimp (and his entity) win on MTD.
We have a hero story coming out of Bankruptcy Court yesterday where an attorney arguably saved another attorney’s life. Until I get permission to say more, I am going to hold the details close at hand. But in light of the bad things we see on here everyday, I think there is a heartwarming story (no pun intended) that will come out.
hmm. well, last night a D.J. saved my life.
they say theres not a problem that he can’t fix
Don’t leave the members of the bankruptcy bar in suspense!
You need permission to say a lawyer did [insert life saving activity] in court without naming names?
I heard that an attorney had a heart attack during trial in front of Judge Spraker and another attorney performed CPR mid-trial. I did not hear who the attorneys were and the Bankruptcy Calendar is not showing who was in trial with Judge Spraker yesterday.
Well the trial judge, jury, witness, and opc better retain counsel fast. Christian Morris is going to come gunning for them on conspiracy to cause a heart attack claims.
Any updates on this?
does anyone have a link to a PDF of the gorilla pimp complaint?
It’s case No. A-26-946193-C.
RIP Martha Ashcraft
https://obituaries.reviewjournal.com/obituary/martha-ashcraft-1093781324
Didn’t know her, but her life reflects well on the profession. Well done, Martha.