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The Pahrump Valley Times has a piece on Reba McEntire as “The Hammer” in a Lifetime movie. It got us wondering, what lawyer or legal story in Nevada do you think needs to be the subject of a movie?
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The corruption and unmitigated negligence of the State Bar of Nevada. From losing confidential records to allowing bad actors with bar licenses to go untouched and hammer solos whose only sin is to have marginal outcomes in court. Not being funny. Been here since 1968, I have enough material for a full TV series
Been here since 1975. I second this. Absolute cronyism, corruption, and incestuous relationships with zero regard for the public and allegiance only to themselves and big law.
Man, you guys are old.
Yes, time flies when you're having fun!
Judge Goldman would have been (would be if modernized) a fantastic movie.
Have they done one on the Binion trial or Margaret Rudin?
The HOA scandal would be a great movie.
This one for sure. multiple deaths, mysterious knee cappings in green valley, mafia, judge resigning, lawyers making tons of money off of it
Who plays Nancy Quon? Leon Benzer?
Wasn't Quon construction defec
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Looking up Nancy Quon, I ran across this from the RJ: So far, 10 defendants have pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate against higher-level players in the scheme. Quon and former construction boss Leon Benzer, with judges, lawyers and former police officers, were considered the top targets.
What judges and lawyers were caught up in that?
You old timers will remember Mort Galane. He could be a movie. Also, some of the big cases here, such as the MGM fire, could be made into something.
12:49-Mort Galane breathed, ate and sept the law. It was his life. Even as an older man he performed all his own research(and loved it), rarely delegating any of it to his young associates.
Even before he was particularly old or infirm, he surrendered his driver's license because he was creating safety concerns, and accidents, when he drove. But this was not because he was in his 80's and ill with slowed reflexes and compromised vison. No. He was, I believe, only in his 60's, was healthy enough, but was always thinking of his cases and "the law" when he was driving, and thus simply could not concentrate with the task at hand. All the above was relayed to me by an attorney close to him, who even drove down with him when Mort surrendered his license.
Most of us are not even a fraction that committed to our profession, and, in truth, I wouldn't advise anyone to get that myopically absorbed in "the law."
But ,"The Law" was his jealous, demanding mistress, who beckoned at all times. I was informed by the same attorney that in each of Mort's bathrooms, at his home and office, he had a small bookcase of statute books. No light reading or entertainment for this guy. Hard core.
Any of you know anyone that slavishly devoted to his practice in particular, and the law in general?
2:10-I believe I on sound ground saying that Family Law is not just Marshal Willick's profession, but a major hobby of his as well. And that is part of what makes him a great lawyer. He loves all the research and writing.
If one's career is also their main hobby or passion, that is a wonderful combo. And Marshal has that level of devotion.
But what you describe about Mort Galane seems to go well beyond the approach of Marshal or others, such as Bob Eglet, who seem to have the Law as a devoted passion, as well as a profession. It just seems a bit extreme–too distracted by "the law" to drive without causing accidents? Wow.
While on the topic of Eglet and Willick, if I were them I would not worry about the occasional negative comments of others(and I'm sure they don't). That is simply a sign of being very successful. When you are very successful, many people get envious and critical.
Interesting that no one spends time criticizing lawyers who lack any real professional or financial success. No one kicks a dead dog.
What nonsense. Willick routinely cites cases that do not stand for what he claims and when he’s not misstating case authority he’s citing his own CLEs as if they’re authority.
2:58, unfortunately, most lawyers I've known have, at various times, cited cases for a proposition that I firmly believe the cases did NOT stand for. If a lawyer is quoting his/her own CLE presentations as authority, I understand your concern.
But for you to single out a lawyer for quoting cases for a proposition you don't believe the cases stand for, and to act like that is so outrageous and unique, raises a question of how much law and motion work you do. Most of the contested motions you will deal with during your career will involve you, and/or the opposing attorney, arguing that a case(s) has been miss-cited for a wrong proposition. There is great subjectivity to most of this, although, yes, sometimes a case is so clear that any creative attempt to distort its holdings will seem intentionally misleading.. But that is the exception rather than the rule.
I get that you may dislike or resent the attorney you mentioned, but the criticism(or, more to the point, harsh condemnation) you offer is not reasonable, and I am not defending this particular lawyer or any other. I am simply pointing out how perplexing your reasoning is, if in fact you are an experienced attorney with a lot of motion work.
Hi Marshal
8:29 is a blast at parties. Super interesting to talk to.
Didn't Willick and his friend get their asses handed to them by some blogger who seemed to know the law better than they did? Seem to remember something about that.
10:59-you can ridicule 8:29 if you want, but I wonder why there is so much resistance to the point that blogger is making–which is that creative, resourceful lawyering sometimes necessitates being able to argue a reported case to fit the facts of the case at bar.
And for 9:44 to indicate that 8:29 is Marshal(which is a tired cliché on this blog to argue that anything supportive of someone must have been written by them) is particularly lame in this instance as, again, the blog is not supportive of Marshal or anyone else, but merely makes the point that it is not dishonest per se each time a lawyer argues a reported case for a proposition different than what the case is usually cited for.
Look I have been successful on countless occasions stretching a case to say what I wanted it to say, when it was a stretch at best. Truthfully, I win more often than not, because OC or the Judge doesn't call me on it.
In fact, I once argued that a Fed Court opinion IN FRONT of the judge that issued the opinion., implied that I should win. Neither OC nor the Judge corrected me and I won.
Sometimes, success and good lawyering are not only creativity and competence, but the ability to know when its possible to rely on OC or the Judge's ineptitude.
If we're calling for a movie about the SBN's corruption, tie them in with how they turned a blind eye to the whole Robert Graham debacle until everything went crashing down. $16 million of clients' money pissed away.
Amen.
The Man From Searchlight
Yep
Movie Idea: "The ShitShow" based on Family Court.
When I was admitted in the mid 1990's, the SBN director of admissions was a very attractive woman named Deana Trueblood. She left and then went to school at Boyd; although there isn't any record of her becoming a lawyer here. Whatever happened to her? Her departure from SBN, as I recall, was sudden and shrouded in mystery.
With that name, I am assuming that she became a vampire.
Close. Google suggests paralegal. She worked at Boyd, I can't find any record of her having attended there.
She was the head/dean of career services at Boyd for years. I believe she was there from the beginning until around 2007? She dressed a bit trampy and was a little over the top, but it seemed to work as everyone in town knew her and contacted her for job placement.
Used to know Deena Trueblood. Good person. Was Admissions Director at State Bar then went to Boyd. Left Boyd for a new life in Chicago with a man I heard. Did not work out. Last time I saw her was on TV featured in a story about having utility problems in her neighborhood so she came back to Las Vegas. Don't know what she is doing now. Don't think she went to law school but could have somewhere else.
I had hoped the April Parks movie treatment would not be spun the way it was ("I care a lot" on Netflix), so I think the guardianship scandals need coverage still.
"I Care A Lot" started off good but then evolved into a complete trainwreck in the second half. Definitely not the film the subject matter deserved.
What Jared Shafer did to Guadalupe Olvera and his family would make for a compelling film.
Did the Olvera family ever get any kind of accountability?
I mean Mark Kabins and Noel Gage would make a pretty interesting dateline episode. Paralyze patient, conspire with patient's own attorney and several other physicians to pin injury on unrelated doctor in exchange for future referrals and other valuable consideration. Convicted of felonies, lose licenses and then Kabins comes back 4 years later to offer medical expert testimony in hundreds of tort cases for pay. Oh yeah, Noel Gage also gets reinstated to practice law. Only in Vegas. It's criminal that they got their licenses back.
Just another example of bar counsel falling down on the job. Definitely prosecute that divorce attorney with a bitter client who wants to complain they didn't get 100% of everything, but let Dougie and Noel come back because…they're good people? Ha.
Haven't thought about that whole situation for a long time. But every time I do, I cannot help but think that Gage was a patsy. Seems he took the bullet for several lawyers who were much dirtier and far more involved with Howard Awand and the dirty doctors. We'll probably never know; but would anyone really be shocked to learn there was come kind of deal for Gage to be the lightning rod and keep his mouth shut so that the rest of the medical mafia could go on earning and maintain their respected positions in the Las Vegas legal community?
The US Attorney's office was suspiciously inept in its investigation and prosecution in that case.
Wait a minute here. Some poster declares Willick brilliant and cites how he teaches CLE credits? So, NV has a lawyer that represented Abrams in a SLAPP, and maintained that frivolous lawsuit for years, teach other lawyers how to behave properly? That is some hollywood type irony right there. The poster may be correct. A show about Willick might actually be interesting to the public for a look into the Nevada court system.
The Rise and Tragic Fall of Suzy Square bush. Case has it all!
"Square Bush" reminded me. Almost all the skanks I banged in the 80s had bushes, then around 90ish they all started to be bald. Now I'm seeing some piercings, tattoos, etc. – I wonder what's next.
@10:55a – Dude, if you were banging skanks in the 80's and at least 18 by the end of the 80's, you're my age ~50'ish. I don't know whether to be jealous you're still actively in the sexual public pool, or sad you still think that's something to brag about; or both.
10:55 back – 11:15 to be honest it's mostly sad. In hindsight, I wish I had found a nice wife.
Been there. I guess I, deep down, am feeling a little confused. I mean, suddenly, you get married, and you're supposed to be this entirely different guy. I don't feel different. I mean, take yesterday for example. We were out at the Olive Garden for dinner, which was lovely. And, uh, I happen to look over at a certain point during the meal and see a waitress taking an order, and I found myself wondering what color her underpants might be. Her panties. Uh, odds are they are probably basic white, cotton, underpants. But I sort of think, well, maybe they're silk panties, maybe it's a thong. Maybe it's something really cool that I don't even know about.
It was like trying to borrow a dollar, getting turned down, and asking for 50 grand instead.
How about former Judge Steve Jones and his many issues?