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- Yesterday there was a lot of news about the Downtown Project. First, it turns out Tony Hsieh stepped down as leader of the Downtown Project with his lawyer, Millie Chou, stepping into that role (the RJ says Hsieh did not step down). Then, it was announced that 30 people would be laid off from the project. What does this mean for the future of downtown? Is the project a failure? Can downtown never be revitalized? Does it affect you? Do you care? [KNPR; Re/code]
- Pro-tip: If you’re running for judge, try not to get reprimanded by the State Bar for problems with your trust account (ahem, Joseph A. Scalia, II). [RJ]
- Ebola made it to Dallas. Wash your hands. [Fox5Vegas]
- Prosecutors got a win in the jury trial against the two men accused of dressing up like Mormon missionaries to commit a robbery. Let’s just hope they didn’t pay any of the witnesses’ rent payments. [RJ]
- Here’s one look at the Nevada Supreme Court’s recent HOA ruling. [Las Vegas Sun]
- Federal Judges Andrew Gordon and Jennifer Dorsey are getting creative and having a joint evidentiary hearing to save costs. [RJ]
- The Las Vegas City Council is supposed to decide today whether to move forward on the proposed soccer stadium. [RJ]
*Don’t worry, we’ll continue our look at the judicial election tomorrow.
So, I see two issues in the Scalia reprimand. One was that he bounced a client trust account check. The other what he was a lousy lawyer who couldn't seem to get a fairly simple family court filing done correctly. Neither one fills me with confidence that he can manage a family court docket.
Meh, par for the course.
That HOA article is garbage… All one needs to do to confirm that the HOA decision is bad for Las Vegas homeowners and renters is look at who dissented in the decision: the judges who always use equity to fight for the people Gibbons, Cherry, and Parraguirre. The entire court read the law right (I mean, really, it couldn't be read any other way, a superpriority is just that!), but the dissenters knew that allowing non-judicial forclosures of the HOA lien would mean that the investor-purchasers will actually own these 1,000s of homes. The investor-purchases care nothing about the homes or the community, but are simply trying to make a buck. I see slum lords in our near future.
Scalia is doomed. Does he even live in Nevada?
Blaming associates for screw-ups is lame for a candidate. Marquis in a landslide.
On FB, Scalia called the RJ article a "hit piece." Would it have been any less of a hit piece when the text of the reprimand was published in the Nevada Lawyer, Joe?
That's okay, it could be worse. Flores keeps sending out these emails and videos talking about all the reasons she's running for Lt. Governor, and none of the reasons she cites have anything to with what the Lt. Governor actually does (which is pretty much nothing these days, except collect a 60k salary).
How did I get on Scalia's email list?
2:21 P.M.–The article on Scalia is not even news. Suspect that it was a "planted" bad press article planted by a campaign consultant. There is a big difference between being published in the Nevada Lawyer in due course after the election v. being published now.
In the general practice of law, having a dispute with a client is not a big deal nor is it news
worthy.
Maybe not news, but important for voters to know before they make a decision in the election. Disputes with clients not big news, getting reprimanded by the NV State Bar is something voters should know.
This is the same news outlet that publishes two columns every month announcing changes to Netflix – one column listing the outgoing shows, one column listing the incoming. And you think that news outlet isn't going to pick up on a candidate for the bench being formally sanctioned by the Bar? Its absolutely newsworthy. No one cares about client disputes. No one outside the legal community even cares about overdrawing a trust account (although how exactly you do in the first place, let alone let it continue for months on end is beyond me). Hell, I suspect that if he'd handled it better, he'd be looking at an informal reprimand, not a formal one. But getting slapped by the Bar should be pretty high on your list of Things Not to Do when you want a seat on the bench.
As a non-family law practitioner, Scalia's alleged bar issues and Linda Marquis's alleged lack of family law experience do not personally affect me as much as Joe Scalia flooding my inbox with stupid spam emails. No, Joe, I do not want to click on that link to learn something about you no one knows. Nobody wants to know.
I'm confused. The RJ article was reporting FACTS concerning a public reprimand about a judicial candidate, Scalia. I consider this important and newsworthy for the voting electorate to be well informed. How is this a "Hit Piece" when it is fact? Answer – It's not.
The mormon missionary trial was a debacle. The attorney who was appointed waived opening, closing and cross examined one witness, one…. That one's coming back on PCR
Who was the attorney?