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With primary ballots set to go in the mail today and early voting starting Saturday, it’s time to talk about some of the contested judicial primary races featured on that ballot. We welcome your comments on the qualifications of the candidates as well as any information you can offer to help voters make an educated decision. Just remember to keep your comments appropriate and defamation-free.
For JUSTICE OF THE PEACE LAS VEGAS TOWNSHIP DEPARTMENT 16, the candidates are:
- Agnes Montebon Botelho
- Vincent James John Romeo
- Nadia Wood
- Justin Zarcone
What are your thoughts on the race in this department?
My vote – Agnes Botelho
Absolutely not. She would be a nightmare on the bench. Literally anyone else is a better choice.
I am voting for Agnes Botelho.
@ 8:55a, who then? Vincent Romeo is a civil guy and no one really knows. His insane social media posts are an issue. Nadia Wood is a PD. I think we have enough of those on the bench. Justin Zarcone could be second choice but he only knows civil. In JC, the judges mainly deal with criminal.
@8:55 We’ve had 20 years of DAs on the bench and suddenly a few PDs win and we have too many PDs?
I had a case in front of Kierny and she was great. Calm temperament, very polite. I’ll take more of that on the bench over another Kephart.
@ 10:18 while I agree that Kierny has been great, the remaining PDs are not. There has been more success with DAs as judges then PDs.
Justin Zarcone. Yeah, he is a civil guy, but one with significant trial experience. And they actually do trials in Justice Court, not just preliminary hearings.
10:53-Agreed that a skilled litigator, albeit civil, should not have a huge learning curve in adjusting to Justice Court. I think a much greater concern is when a civil litigator wins a District Court seat and is immediately assigned a criminal calendar. When that occurs, we often see some real growing pains.
I disagree 11:52a. It's when a criminal background has to learn civil. That's real growing pains.
Finally, people making sense. Agreed that Civil experience can easily adapt to criminal. Not so much the other way around.
I agree with the first comment above. Anyone but Agnes Botelho. She can be very unpleasant to work with, I worry about her on the bench.
I had a client for a short time whose last name was Botelho and she was nearly IMPOSSIBLE to deal with. I cant bring myself to vote for Agnes almost solely because of this reason.
11:52,12:22,and 12:31. My experience is it can be problematic both ways–lifetime criminal practitioners adjusting to civil, and lifetime civil litigators adjusting to criminal. But the ones who are bright and skillful, and hard-working enough, make the adjustment. Herndon was a life-long prosecutor who I though adjusted well to a civil calendar.
Voter: What is so bad about working with Agnes Botelho that you wouldn't want her on the bench? I am a votor trying to educate myself on those running for Justice of the Peace and have no personal experience with any of the candidates so I use this blog, news stories, Youtube videos of candidates … basically anything I can find. Based on the opinions here I had written "bad attitude" across her name on my sample ballot but after reading from other sources and actually watching her speak on a youtube interview titled "Agnes Botelho Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Dept 16" I am liking her. What am I missing?
Everyone tries their to look good in their own ads. Those of us who have worked with her in real life know how she is when the cameras are turned off. Bad attitude is exactly right. If you vote for her, expect a judge who enjoys her power and treats people poorly.
Most lawyers I know are voting either Nadia Wood or Justin Zarcone, just depends on their practice area.
Nadia Wood.
Natalie Wood
Nadia Hojjat is smart and competent. And her ego is enormous. I don't know if she would be a good judge. She might be. She might not be.
Don't know who is the most qualified for the position, but Botelho seems to be the one with the most visible campaign, and thus is perhaps the one with the most resources.
No way would I vote for Agnes. She's so incredibly difficult to work with and would likely only be worse on the bench. I can pretty much guarantee the only people who would vote for her are people who've never actually worked with her.
I’ve worked with Agnes, and I agree with this. It’s never a good experience.
The only one I know is Justin Zarcone. I have been opposite him on a few cases and found him to be a solid lawyer and someone who was professional to deal with. I had never even heard of any of the others until I received my sample ballot.
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If you’ve met Nadie Wood, you would vote for her. She would likely be prepared, listen to what both sides have to say, and consult the relevant resources. That’s all we can hope for in a judge…
I agree. She is smart, has lots of trial experience and hard working.
Tell me how many trials has Nadia actually first chaired? I’m guessing less than 10 and she’s been a PD for around 10 years.
Justin Zarcone – hands down. Too many bad PDs on the bench and too many PDs, in general. Justin has amazing trial experience and does not come to the bench with a bias as to criminal defendant or prosecutor.
I know he also has some experience as a pro-tem judge.
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I thought JC 16 was supposed to be a civil department. Is that incorrect?
i voted for Justin Zarcone. He passed the bar in California and Nevada and was already practicing law and having trial experience in Vegas courts while the other three candidates were still in law school.
No one has mentioned Vincent Romeo