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- What’s that? You wanted to know who is on the list of Nevada’s Legal Elite of 2018? [Nevada Business]
- Nevada is going to get three more federal prosecutors. [Las Vegas Sun]
- Judge Susan Baucum is going to let a jury decide whether Damian Sheets’ client was driving during a fatal DUI last month. [RJ]
- Speaking of Damian Sheets, he is also the attorney for the Henderson constable who is under investigation. [RJ]
- Welcome to the Nevada Current, which debuted this week with a few articles of interest: one about daughters of judges and police lured into prostitution, one about how AG Adam Laxalt’s chief investigator Roland Swanson is involved in the prosecution of a convicted pimp who used to be his daughter’s pimp, and an in-depth look at the how the DA race shows a Democratic party in transition.
- Questions have been raised about whether AG Laxalt is actually investigating a rural sheriff accused of wrongdoing. [TNI]
I am baffled how "Legal Elite" can include a attorney practicing for a single year, much less if you account for the delay to publication.
You have to trade votes with other lawyers or firms. A person on Legal Elite is an excellent lawyer the same way a winner on CBS Survivor is an excellent wilderness survivalist. In other words, being on the list says nothing of your lawyer skills one way or the other.
But anyone who wins CBS Survivor is adept at playing the game.
True. You could technically wind up in the Legal Elite without even "playing." The partners at your firm could corral/trade votes from other firms and attorneys they know to beef up the supposed "eliteness" of associates at their own firm.
I don't disagree. But when I need a doctor or lawn care guy, I really like to see things like the person being named elite by some industry publication. I know it's bullshit, but it gives me some additional sense of security that the guy will do a good job for me. So this year I made an effort to trade votes, assuming that as a lawyer at a big local firm with some friends at other big firms, I was a shoe in with a little effort. I was wrong. I didn't make it. I guess I need to do more than ask 3-4 friends to list my name, but I'm definitely a little disappointed, even though I know it's a garbage metric.
"An" attorney might be the unusual. The truly Elite. Someone who made a huge splash right out of the gate. This list contains 8 attorneys with 1 year in, and another 15 with only 2-3 years in. As a whole, the mean is 13.2 years. In S. Nevada, the mean is 11.5, while N. Nevada is more than 17.
Interesting. I always thought the northern list was a little better than the southern list. It usually has more of the actual industry leaders and not quite as many of the second year lawyers who spend way to much time in the networking scene.
11:20 here. Before everybody jumps on me, I mean better in that the list more accurately names top level lawyers in the region. Obviously Reno lawyers are inferior and have small brains. It's science.
I find myself in the unusual position of agreeing with the comments of everyone who posted above regarding the Nevada Legal Elite beauty contest (well, maybe everyone except 11:23, but only because he/she hasn't offered any empirical data for his claim 😉 ). Come on, there's a reason why you need 10 years of practice before you can apply to be a judge in this State. 1st and 2nd year attorneys among the elite? Who are these people, relatives of Adam Laxalt?
10:38 — good points. Just a friendy FYI, it's "shoo" in.
Thanks 7:37. I guess no wonder why I missed the cut.
The article calls him Roland Swanson, not Ron Swanson. I got it excited that there was a Ron Swanson in local government. Not investigating someone would have been exactly what Ron would want.
Fixed it. Chalk it up to wishful thinking….
TNI calls him Ron. Please let it be so.
Those of us who know him call him Rod.
I actually appreciate that the Current admits up front that its coverage will be slanted to those interests and policies that it supports. Unfortunately, that means it will only appeal to that small slice of people who want an echo chamber for their own progressive opinions. If you are a conservative dem., an independent or GOP, you'll look elsewhere for straight news.
OTOH, Fox News does this and seems to be doing pretty well, so what do I know?
I was bothered by the tone of the article about Swanson. It seemed intrusive to pull family pictures from Facebook for one thing. Reading the linked RJ article they had, it looks like the mom opened up this family sorry to the public but even then, this article reads like a hit piece. I'm a progressive and I don't like to read slanted coverage. Felt too Fox News to me.
Slanted like CNN.
@10:02,
I don't think it's quite fair to say that the Current's straight news coverage is bad. They've already had a couple quite good stories about homelessness. Like that new Courtyard the City is touting as a great resource to help homeless people – did you know that the main thing they're actually doing is giving out bus tickets, instead of helping with medical care/housing/employment? I didn't until I read the Current's article, because no other news organization reports that kind of story.
I also think as far as the editorial slant goes, we badly need a progressive outlet in Nevada. The R-J is hard right, the Independent only has one partisan opinion writer (a conservative), the Sun is mushy centrist and mostly corporate hackery anyway, I dunno what the RGJ is because they're paywalled. Conservative Dems, independents, and GOP have all the news outlets anyway; it's good for there to be some kind of progressive opinion out there.
They want to bathe the world in the righteous justice of progressive tears! Take that, patriarchy! Take that, you cisgendered racists! I can now go home to my cat, happy that the world is a safer place for social justice. Thank you, Nevada Current!
The IRS has a tax lien against Langford…https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/clark-county/clark-county-district-attorney-candidate-owes-66k-in-back-taxes/
Such a weird situation that the RJ's attorney is implicated.
I know quite a few solo practice attorneys who have had issues with IRS taxes. It is always better to use a payroll company. Not everyone has an accountant who can explain the dividend issue. I had one and she put it like this: 1) get a payroll company; 2) 30 cents of every dollar goes to the IRS, minimum; and 3) get a payroll company.
The story about Judge Tobiasson and Judge Leavitt's kids is good reporting and very interesting. If this is the kind of material the Current will be putting out, it will be well received, I think.
One minor quibble: they list Michelle Leavitt as a LV Justice of the Peace, when she's obviously a District Court Judge.
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Do you have substantiation for your comments?
As with Mr. Langford, liens are a matter of public record and easily verified.
Mr. Langford's liens were reported in the LVRJ. Please provide substantiation for your comments, or we will continue to remove them.
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We haven't seen the alleged lien nor does the recorder's office show any amount associated with any alleged lien. You are going to have to do better than that.
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Search the recorder"s office under the name, you can pull the l8ens.
That sounds easy. It shouldn't be too hard for you do it and post links to them then.
I didn't post any of the removed comments, but here goes. You search for the name in the Recorder's Office. That gives you a parcel number. You then search for the parcel number. That gives you a list of everything that's been recorded. In the case of the person who is of interest here, it shows Trash and City of Henderson. You can't link to search results. I suppose I could screenshot and upload the screenshot somewhere, but I just don't care that much. The Recorders office shows both liens have since released. End result of this hunt through the records? Whoopty-friggin' doo. I know for sure that I probably have a lien or two where the trash man didn't get paid because Republic Services are idiots.
So, there are liens? Okay.. I see a pattern here. Thank you for the info.
I've had trash liens, sewer liens, and an HOA lien when I got in a dust-up with them over some landscaping. If you happen to own more than one property, good luck keeping your trash bills straight. Big whoop. Nobody cares.
Are you running for office? I as a voter do care when I am voting for a judge. This judge has other issues than a lien anyway. Voters can care about whatever they want.
It appears that nobody here does any title work. IRS liens are not recorded against a specific parcel number; they are recorded against a person's name only and it attaches to all parcel numbers. go to the recorder's website (http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/RECORDER/Pages/default.aspx) click on 'Search Records' on the left side, check the radiobutton for 'See if there are any liens file din my name' and enter 'langford' for last name then 'robert' for first name and search. You'll see instrument number 201705100003907 'IRS LIEN NOTICE' recorded May 10, 2017, at 4:23pm. It doesn't list an amount. You'll have to go down to the recorders office downtown or two remote branches to see it, or create an account (see the 'Login' or 'Sign Up' links at the top right) and order a copy for $1/page plus a small CC payment transaction fee & postage.
I'm none of the above posters but wanted to explain the steps to locate an IRS lien.
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That is helpful. Thank you.