Boulder City Pariah

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  • No mistrial due to media coverage in the David Copperfield case. [US News]
  • Here’s a summary of all that’s gone down in the Boulder City first amendment fight involving Stephen Stubbs and his client versus the City. [LasVegasNow]
  • Video vault: When Oscar Goodman tried to put journalists on the stand. [News3LV]
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April 26, 2018 4:03 pm

Andy Rempfer passed away? Can anyone confirm this?

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April 26, 2018 4:17 pm
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Who is Andy Rempfer?

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April 26, 2018 5:50 pm
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He works with Steve Parsons.

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April 26, 2018 6:03 pm
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Yes, a co-worker confirmed he died at UCLA awaiting medical treatment for an illness he's had since earlier this year. He was only 41.

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April 26, 2018 6:14 pm
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April 26, 2018 6:46 pm
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So sad. Prayers for his family.

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April 26, 2018 7:34 pm
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Two attorneys passing in their early 40s in a week. This is fucked upm

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April 26, 2018 7:46 pm
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Why isn't Marquis Aubach or Steve Parson's helping his family out? They have money.

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April 26, 2018 7:55 pm
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There is a real difference here: one attorney took his own life as the ultimate act of irresponsibility, while dealing with personal and professional problems. The other attorney was dealing with a medical condition. Each person leaves behind families dealing with a grief of a different kind.

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April 26, 2018 7:58 pm
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What a kind, sensitive sentiment.

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April 26, 2018 8:17 pm
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Marquis Aubach is in debt up to its nose. Good luck with that.

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April 26, 2018 8:45 pm
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I am saddened by this. Andy was an excellent person.

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April 26, 2018 11:01 pm
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Andy Rempfer was a great friend, great lawyer, great person, and great family man. He will be missed. No one deserves what has happend to him or his family, and as members of our legal community they are deserving of our respect and condolences.

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April 27, 2018 1:02 am
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@1:17 PM
Does this mean that they will be moving in with Alverson Taylor?

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April 26, 2018 4:08 pm

That article also mentions Mort Galane and Harry Claiborne. Takes me back to when I first started practicing law in 1996. Those guys were exceptionally bright lawyers and on any given weekday afternoon you could find them at the old Clark County Law Library doing their own legal research, using real books and legal pads. No laptops, no internet. They enjoyed talking about the law and lawyering, even to a young lawyer. Different times.

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April 27, 2018 7:47 pm
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Rex Jemison was another one.

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April 26, 2018 4:21 pm

And woe be to you if you had one of the books Mort was looking for. Just kidding–he always asked nicely, but it was best to give it up.

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April 26, 2018 5:15 pm
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God that brings back a memory. I remember the day I finally broke down and asked someone who that was. And yes, he was a gentleman and a scholar unless you have the P.2d that he was seeking.

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April 26, 2018 5:55 pm

I once heard Mort Galane yell at two rather baffled senior citizens in the law library, who were trying to read Shepard's. They had asked the librarian, "Where do we find cases?" and the librarian had handed them Shepard's Citations. Naturally, they were a little bit confused.

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April 26, 2018 9:22 pm
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Sounds like him and the way he would sometimes behave.

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April 26, 2018 8:09 pm

I want my MTV.

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April 26, 2018 8:57 pm
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I know, right?? JK, I know you are being snarky.

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April 26, 2018 9:08 pm
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I am cutting the tension

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April 26, 2018 8:13 pm

Who uses the law library now?

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April 26, 2018 11:56 pm
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The homeless and your sanctions monies from Bonnie Bulla

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April 27, 2018 12:16 am
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Bulla makes insurance companies rich.

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April 27, 2018 5:52 am
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Still plenty of free CLE DVDs there. I don't know how that works now with the SBN's new "Fuck your CLE, pay me!" attitude towards CLE providers.

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April 27, 2018 12:27 pm
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4:56 — Wrong commissioner.

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April 26, 2018 8:53 pm

There is a lot of talk on this blog concerning that judges merely need to "follow the law" and they are not doing so.

Also, when it is pointed out that such criticism is a little vague, people respond by saying "you must be a judge", or something of that ilk.

Now, granted, judges need to follow the law and it is error not to. Also, it is often the case that the law seems pretty clear and that the judge does not follow it(either due to lack of sufficient intellectual acumen, poor preparation, or their own improper motivations, etc.).

But this endless mantra that the judges simply need to follow the law ignores the situations which are a lot less clear–such as ambiguous, poorly drafted statutes; case authority that would appear to apply to the situation before the court but there are some distinguishable factors with the case before the court justifying a different application, etc.

Also, an equal, or greater problem, with a judge not following the law, is attorneys not following it. In many disputes it is clear that one attorney is right on the law, and the other is not.

As to the disputes which are more nuanced, that is how new law is made.
One side does not really seem to follow the law, but wins on appeal, thereby changing the law or the interpretation of it. Or, a judge does not appear to follow the law(which would cause chagrin to the posters of this blog who continually insist that the judges should merely follow the law), but winds up being affirmed on appeal–meaning the meaning or interpretation of certain law(s) has now changed in the state.

So, we really should not be enslaved to this largely meaningless mantra to "simply follow the law." Again, the law is not always that clear, or when it is perhaps it needs to be changed and challenged. And, no, it is a false statement to say changing the law is solely the function of the legislature. All courts of review, even those who would never be accused of being judicial activists, are, for all intents and purposes, constantly changing the law by changing the way it is interpreted and applied. Granted,the courts are not creating the statutes, but there is no doubt they are changing the law on many occasions.

So, be pleased that we all have careers, and that much of our business and income is based on disputes because someone did not seem to follow the law as written–whether it be a party, and/or their attorney, or even the court.

"The Law" is often not a clearly definable absolute. Creative, insightful, intelligent attorneys know that–particularly those engaged in successful appellate work.It is the mediocre attorneys who never understand that, and who continually insist that the law is always indisputably clear and simply needs to be slavishly followed.

News Flash: it's not always so clear. If it were, there would be no need for about two thirds of the attorneys.

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April 26, 2018 8:57 pm
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Yes, it is. You only need a low iq of 110 to read a statue or a case.

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April 26, 2018 9:01 pm
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Ivy leagues cannot Henry Cabot Lodge read a statute to save her fuckin' life.

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April 26, 2018 9:02 pm
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Print on?

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April 26, 2018 9:10 pm
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you write like you have thought about what you are saying. i'd go as far as guessing you wrote it in a word processor and copy pasted it over here.

most people that comment on forums shit out of their mouths out of some Freudian self satisfaction. particularly if they are anon.

don't take any of this circle-jerk seriously. occasional diamond among turds but it is mostly gossip and bullshit.

also, the internet, particularly the anonymous internet, hates self-righteousness and sincerity. Life is easier as a cynical troll living in the dark.

Trolls live here, don't waste your energy

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April 26, 2018 9:13 pm
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What?

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April 26, 2018 9:16 pm
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Who says word processor anymore? You probably need a new barber.

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April 26, 2018 9:20 pm
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This is like mah jong. However you spell it.

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April 26, 2018 8:58 pm

Is 1:53 one of those people who refuses to follow the law, and then justifies this failure with lengthy analysis and doublespeak?

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April 26, 2018 9:03 pm
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To: 1:58. Perhaps he/she is such an individual. And yes, 1:57, reading and understanding a statute or case does not require great intellect.

But the general proposition of 1:53 has some validity. Some appellate attorneys do succeed in causing courts of review to take a different approach, or even a different interpretation and application of existing law than the approach or interpretation previously applied.

Those who don't concede that obvious point either never read any appellate decisions and/or they lack even the 110 I.Q. referenced by 1:57.

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April 26, 2018 9:06 pm
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Now you are throwing the NSC under the bus. The Chief Judge has been bad flipping Hardesty a lot lately. You should do some Intel.

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April 26, 2018 9:07 pm
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Liping

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April 26, 2018 9:11 pm
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Heaven'$ to Betsy. We do not need her in appeals. She should be at the DMV.

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April 26, 2018 10:14 pm

Bill Cosby found guilty of aggravated sexual assault.

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April 26, 2018 10:22 pm

Question for you guys and gals:

I have a case where I filed a Demand for Jury Trial. For some reason, the trial order came back with a Bench Trial. Who should I talk to about this? Do I need to file a motion or can it be fixed with a phone call?

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April 26, 2018 10:43 pm
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I would call the JEA and ask them if they were aware and see what they say.

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April 26, 2018 10:31 pm

Anybody have a link for form complaint for bad faith case and breach of k case? Simple.

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April 26, 2018 10:38 pm
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I have found this form is never gonna let you down!

https://tinyurl.com/nvbadfaithbreachofcontract

You're welcome!

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April 27, 2018 1:00 am
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Thank you