For discovery commissioner, the finalists are Raeshann Canady and
Lindsey Lee. I’ve never interacted with either of these people before. Anyone have any insights or opinions? It seems like Canady works for Legal Aid and Lee already works for the courts. Thoughts?
No you have that wrong. Those are the finalists for civil commitment. The finalists for Discovery Commissioner are Paul Kirst and Shara Larson. See the post. Read it more carefully.
Well here is my question: they call it ADR Commissioner and not Discovery Commissioner. Are we going back to the days of the Killer B’s (Biggar and Beecroft) and splitting discovery from ADR?
Please tell me that wasn’t a height joke. Lol.
We shall see who emerges victorious, which one does the better job. Have they ever squared off before? What’s the record?
I like Chad. Good, solid litigator. But Todd and Jim are in a very small group of about five or six bet-the-company litigators in town that I wouldn’t want to see on the other side.
How to treat pro se plaintiffs fairly is a very hard question. They have every right to represent themselves, and the court should do what it can to resolve their cases on the merits. But the fact is that many pro se plaintiffs have no interest in learning how a case is litigated and instead would rather use their case as a soapbox to complain about all the ways they’ve been wronged or to just make life painful for the defendant. And then there are the pro se plaintiffs who seem to suffering from some kind of mental illness that causes them to constantly file new cases and new pleadings. AI has made all this worse by giving them a way to inundate the courts with plausible-sounding arguments at almost no cost to the plaintiff himself. I don’t have a solution, but I hope the court recognizes what litigating against these kinds of plaintiffs often looks like in practice.
I have one that made a huge mess in a case that I am turning in to the State Bar and DA. I am pretty sure the judge is too. Hopefully they will be prosecuted.
I had the same. Guess what the State Bar said? Not our problem, go to the DA. Guess what the DA said? Go to the State Bar. Upon return to the State Bar with DA’s correspondence, State Bar second time around said go to the Nevada Secretary of State.
2:26 PM, that is my fear. My case is especially egregious though, and I hope that it attracts their attention. It will help if the judge does what she inferred she would do.
That makes the old stories from ATMS alum (I’m not one) seem like a white shoe firm that pampered associates. I would rather not practice law than deal with that. What a nightmare. John Morgan is hungry, I guess. He pops up on my social media reels in clips with interviews from “success influencers” (don’t get me started), and I just laugh and keep scrolling. Maybe there’s something here for local PI shops to exploit in ads? I know Rick Harris has taken some fun jabs at Johnny M.
As a former ATMS alum one of my favorite pastimes was swapping war stories with other former ATMS alums before depositions. Hard to believe there won’t be anymore new alums now that the firm is closed and Eric isn’t bringing in folks from out of town.
For discovery commissioner, the finalists are Raeshann Canady and
Lindsey Lee. I’ve never interacted with either of these people before. Anyone have any insights or opinions? It seems like Canady works for Legal Aid and Lee already works for the courts. Thoughts?
No you have that wrong. Those are the finalists for civil commitment. The finalists for Discovery Commissioner are Paul Kirst and Shara Larson. See the post. Read it more carefully.
https://nvbar.org/eighth-judicial-district-court-seeks-input-on-commissioner-finalists/
I didn’t realize the Larsons were back from Colorado, I could have sworn they moved there ages ago.
Well here is my question: they call it ADR Commissioner and not Discovery Commissioner. Are we going back to the days of the Killer B’s (Biggar and Beecroft) and splitting discovery from ADR?
No, but it would be nice.
Beecroft has done his best work of his career the last few years.
“Finalists for civil commitment” sounds like they’re on a game show where the loser gets committed.
Sorta is.
Chad Clement versus Todd Bice. I know who my money would be on.
Unless Chad is a nickname for “Paul”, this is not a fair fight
I’ll take Chad over Todd any day. I’ve seen firsthand how Chad works a case and works a courtroom. I do not ever want him as opposing counsel.
I’ve litigated against both (multiple times). All respect to Chad, but Todd dwarfs Chad as an adversary.
Please tell me that wasn’t a height joke. Lol.
We shall see who emerges victorious, which one does the better job. Have they ever squared off before? What’s the record?
I like Chad. Good, solid litigator. But Todd and Jim are in a very small group of about five or six bet-the-company litigators in town that I wouldn’t want to see on the other side.
Who else is on your list?
Not @2:30 but here’s my list (in no particular order):
-Pisanelli/Bice
-Flansburg
-Ferrario
-Santoro
-Campbell/Williams (although I hear Don is retired and Colby is in-house)
I’m probably missing one or two others
@230 here, and I agree with much of that list. I think Hutchison is on that list too. Maybe Pat Byrne.
If anyone hears about a memorial serrvice for Jackie Glass, would you please let everyone know?
It’s private.
I think it happened yesterday.
This is the answer. It was a nice service.
How to treat pro se plaintiffs fairly is a very hard question. They have every right to represent themselves, and the court should do what it can to resolve their cases on the merits. But the fact is that many pro se plaintiffs have no interest in learning how a case is litigated and instead would rather use their case as a soapbox to complain about all the ways they’ve been wronged or to just make life painful for the defendant. And then there are the pro se plaintiffs who seem to suffering from some kind of mental illness that causes them to constantly file new cases and new pleadings. AI has made all this worse by giving them a way to inundate the courts with plausible-sounding arguments at almost no cost to the plaintiff himself. I don’t have a solution, but I hope the court recognizes what litigating against these kinds of plaintiffs often looks like in practice.
Judges have become increasingly impatient with pro ses who use AI. That’s my observation, at least.
Its the Fera-Legals that are using AI that are driving me crazy claiming that they are just “Document Preparers”.
I have one that made a huge mess in a case that I am turning in to the State Bar and DA. I am pretty sure the judge is too. Hopefully they will be prosecuted.
I had the same. Guess what the State Bar said? Not our problem, go to the DA. Guess what the DA said? Go to the State Bar. Upon return to the State Bar with DA’s correspondence, State Bar second time around said go to the Nevada Secretary of State.
2:26 PM, that is my fear. My case is especially egregious though, and I hope that it attracts their attention. It will help if the judge does what she inferred she would do.
I’m intrigued.
Don’t forget about pro se defendants.
courts do not care about them obviously
The most frustrating pro se folks are lawyers and former lawyers, maybe a rule for those guys?
And inmates, and sovereign citizens, and deadbeat parents, and the mentally unstable… and especially when those groups overlap.
Anyone see the John Morgan “camera up the a**” video making the rounds the last few days? Thoughts?
https://people.com/morgan-and-morgan-billionaire-attorney-says-he-told-remote-employees-we-re-going-to-put-a-camera-up-your-ass-12074943
That makes the old stories from ATMS alum (I’m not one) seem like a white shoe firm that pampered associates. I would rather not practice law than deal with that. What a nightmare. John Morgan is hungry, I guess. He pops up on my social media reels in clips with interviews from “success influencers” (don’t get me started), and I just laugh and keep scrolling. Maybe there’s something here for local PI shops to exploit in ads? I know Rick Harris has taken some fun jabs at Johnny M.
As a former ATMS alum one of my favorite pastimes was swapping war stories with other former ATMS alums before depositions. Hard to believe there won’t be anymore new alums now that the firm is closed and Eric isn’t bringing in folks from out of town.
So a free colonoscopy if you get hired there? Unusual yet valuable benefit, I would say.
Especially for those of us in our mid to late 40s!