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- Judge Gloria Navarro dismissed the case against the Bundy family with prejudice. [RJ]
- There are still a few days to apply to run for judge. You can click here to see who filed for Supreme Court and the other courts.
Not one of the three EJDC incumbents has drawn an opponent. Really?
There's always a few people waiting until the last few hours to see what happens and who files where.
Cadish opponent, please step forward. Just awful she is.
Welcome to your opinion you are 🙂
10:20 is right. I hope she does draw an opponent too.
Blog is repetitive.
Blog is repetitive dude is repetitive.
Is Cadish even up for re-election in this cycle?
Second time for Elissa Cadish to try to get on the Supreme. Committee did not want her on the appellate bench.
The Committee made her a finalist so the Committee did everything it could to approve her for the Supreme Court. The Governor picked Stiglich from the north. Not sure what more the Committee could have done to show that it was comfortable with Cadish as an appointee.
The judicial races are a complete yawnfest. Supreme races are unopposed. So all Silver and Caddish critics just need to accept the inevitable.
All district court races are unopposed. I don't know if the yeller/screamer,court clerk abusing, document throwing, District Judge is on the ballot this time. I don't think so. I think people will need to wait till 2020 to weigh in as to what they think of his temper tantrums.
Justic Court open seats have a few candidates, but all incumbents are unopposed.
I've heard the temper tantrums have died down.
The judicial races so far are following the typical pattern.. burst of activity the first day for filing, then very quiet until the last day when a second burst normally occurs during the last couple of hours. Incumbents and "anointed" candidates typically file early the first day, along with anyone that believes that they are so strong that their presence may deter someone from filing in that race. Challengers and spoilers generally want to have better intel when they file, so wait until the last moment to make final decisions and reduce time for countermoves.
The selection committee are smarter than Sandoval. He chose Stiglich.
Is
Meant Sandoval smarter.
Asking for a friend: Are Paul Padda's television spots proclaiming "his" $160,000,000 verdict allowed by Rule 7.2(i)? If not, will Bar Counsel take action on its own or does someone have to make an allegation that the ad violates the rule?
I'd just like to know what he's staring at in that commercial.
Can we lay off Paul Padda, he's about the only Plaintiff's lawyer nice enough and diligent enough for me to refer people too, especially employment law. He's a good dude. The days of sending any employment law case to Kathy England are over.
Why are the days of sending clients to Kathy England over?
@9:55AM maybe he is staring at some exception to RPC 7.2(i)
I haven't seen the commercial, but I'm not sure what is wrong with him claiming he got a $160,000 verdict (provided, of course, he did). The Ad Committee usually asks lawyers to substantiate these claims before they approve the ad.
Ads are usually reviewed after they already are airing. Fun fact: there are non lawyers on the committee.
More fun facts. Naqvi is on the committee and Mr. Half Price lawyer himself, Adam Stokes, was on the committee.
@12:34pm, I think we are long lest besties… come for me please. I need some laughs.
Harmony's dad is a member of the ad committee too. Let the fun facts continue!
I send all my employment stuff to Sharon Nelson. She's been around a long time. Pretty good at it.
Is Sharon back in town? Last I heard, she moved out of state and was just winding down her practice.
Not sure. I know she still has a practice. Just talked to her about a new case the other day.
I listened to John L Smith this morning on KNPR talk about how bad he feels for the prosecutors. Called Myrhe a man with an impeccable reputation. Having known Steve for over 15 years and seen the tactics he employs, he is neither impeccable or ethical. This ruling showed it. Has been a bone of contention for years that the USAO gets away with whatever it wants and the federal judges let them.
Dave Thomas posted a picture of James Dean Leavitt in his pajamas at court today leading to a full blown spat on Facebook.
oooooh. How do I find this??
So Dave's FB Page must only pull that up for friends. But I was in Court when Leavitt showed up in flannel pants and can personally attest to the fact that he did wear what appeared to be pajamas to Court. Took the Steve Stein level of court casual to a new low.
Who is running against Leavitt?
Pajama pants, flip flops, and a puffy jacket. You can’t make this shit up!
I don't know the specifics, but it sounds like Leavitt/Graham is getting nasty already.
My Facebook Feed says it has gotten nasty fasty.
https://www.facebook.com/david.v.thomas
Is there a rule or guideline in State Court that requires a judge to issue findings of fact and conclusions of law within a certain period of time after the conclusion of a civil bench trial? If it has been several months since the trial ended, how does one politely ask the judge to rule without inviting trouble?
The easiest way is to contact the presiding judge of the civil division or the chief judge.
Instead of going straight to the top first, I think it'd be better to just call that department's law clerk or JEA and politely ask for status.
I had this problem after a trial last year. We politely called the JEA and law clerk every two weeks or so. You would be a complete idiot to go over the judges head to the chief judge.
I would say call the JEA, unless it is Tim Kelley, then call the Presiding Judge.
That is good advice. Tim runs that department.
Harter opposing Stiglich for NSC seat? I give him a 1-2% chance. Mediocre Judge versus an excellent one.
But he gets so much free publicity!
I commend him for filing against an incumbent. Takes guts.
Stiglich was just appointed and has low name recognition in Southern Nevada. Harter is LDS and this is good for 7 per cent of the electorate or more plus he will be first on the ballot. It just depends on the campaign that they run. Stiglich has the female advantage.
Interesting that Harter thinks Stiglich will be an easier opponent than Cadish.
Cadish is a faulty opponent. There is still a week for someone to file. Glad we have choices.
I'm LDS and I'll be voting for Stiglich. She's solid. Nothing against Harter.
There are only two days left to file–not a week. A lot of the annual candidates haven't filed yet.
Abid v Abid case #69995 about illegal eavesdropping was written by Stiglich in December. She sided cases that were pre-dated to 1968 when Wiretap Act Title III was enacted. She said Nevada will not apply 18 2515 to Civil cases in Nevada in spite of Wiretap Act being preempted law. Harter was a judge on that case Abid v Abid prior case being randomly re-assigned to Marquis and in his decision after four months of Custody Evaluation( done by Dr Paglini, home visits observation of child with both parents)concluded that no Parenting Alienation present in the case. Interesting fact that Harter does not use Dr Holland in his court room and specifically prohibited her involvement in Abid case. Stiglich never reviewed the case. Interesting if he will use Abid case as proof of incompetence of Stiglich.
Ms. Abid, the decision was 7-0. Please move on and seek help for your emotionally abusive behavior.
Savage^^^
LOL at the idea that any Nevada voter knows anything about any actual NVSC opinions, much less Abid.
Not sure how much it matters but Harter went to the university of Phoenix law school err. Coolidge and Stiglich went to an elite law school, Hastings. Just saying.
lol at Hastings being "elite."
Nevada Supreme Court is known for making wrong decisions on many cases. Abid is one of them for sure.
Ms. Abid, I will kindly ask again that you move on, the psychiatrist is waiting to conduct the evaluation now.
The Supreme Court is known for making some decisions that make a few folks, like the lady above,red assed.
Harter will have my vote.
Harter would be great in the NSC. He runs a smooth department and I've found his decisions very fair and thought out. It'll be an interesting race for sure.
Yeah right. Harter is an awful family court judge. He would have been a mess if miraculously elected. Stiglich beat him like a pinata
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So who are the names that we think might jump into the races?
For example Supreme Court, I not convinced that SHJohnson doesn't want to take a swing at the Supremes. With Cherry and Douglas retiring, I cannot see any of the other justices retiring for another 6 years. Gonzalez longed for the Supreme Court but has made it known that she has no love lost for certain members of the Court and no longer wishes to reside in Carson City. Togliatti would be an interesting candidate but has never necessarily seemed political enough to go for the Court. Sturman, Allf, Kishner and Bare are all names I could see eying an NSC Seat.
Random – for all you brief writers what do you do for writers block? I'm going on 3 days this week showing up to work and can't focus to write a pretty substantial brief. I feel like a loser because I can't seem to get this thing knocked out. Meanwhile I've been in the office a good 20 plus hours this week and can only bill like 2 hours for it. Writers block cure please!
Sometimes it helps just to write notes down longhand instead of on computer–I think the ability to keep rewriting the same thing in slightly different form that computers afford can be paralyzing. That, or doing an outline and just writing a subsection that seems easy to you, whether it's first in the order of things or not.
Knock out a section — even if it's something trivial. Once I get rolling, momentum just builds and builds.
I do a chronological timeline of facts over and over until I'm really bored and have to write another part.
Do anything different. When faced with writers' block, I get a grasp on the facts and issues, and if I still can't write anything, I'll put the case file down, go find another (even if it's something I'm not working on), and read it. Or go for a walk. Or talk with a colleague. Something to move your mind off of the topic at hand; when you pick it back up, I've found that whatever block was there is diminished significantly.
@ 2;23 here -t hanks everyone. Trying to be creative and fresh with some legal issues can be very challenging, I think I was overthinking it. I need a vacation.
When I get writers block I either (1) go into my Brief Bank and just recycle an old brief that has authority relatively close to the question at hand (2) ask a friend for a brief from their brief bank relatively close or (3) hand it off to an Associate, tell them that they have half the time that I had to write it and then bill the other half as being "Review and Edit"
After seeing the debate about Harter running against Stiglich, do you have to have a good reason to run against an incumbent? Are these really races against someone or just applications to the public for the job?
Denton needs to reconsider and file for Supreme Court seat
I second, I would run against Elissa Cadish, but I just cannot right now with everything going on. She is, I cannot come up with the adjective right now.
All three, incumbent Stiglich, Caddish, and Silver, can and will raise a lot of money.
Granted, Silver may raise more than the other two. But Silver is the one that Harter probably could have raised the most money against(by a significant degree).
He could have received quite a fair amount of financial support for running against Silver, and a certain amount against Caddish(certain conservatives and gun rights activists may have
generously supported him).
But I'm not sure he can raise much against Stiglich. The other two have served long enough to attract enough foes and critics. Stiglich has only served a year and I am not aware of any large ground swell of opposition against her.
So, yes, gutsy move on Harter's part, but he may have unwisely chosen to run against the strongest of the three.
A poster pointed out that Stiglich does not have much name recognition in the south. But fact is, most sitting judges have very little name recognition with the voters in their own district. But they collect and spend enough during election years to, at least temporarily, implant their name-recognition, and incumbent status, into the minds of the voters.
Stiglich, despite not having served on the district bench in the south, will have no trouble raising hundreds of thousands of dollars and swamping the southern air waves with her campaign commercials, etc.
So, I personally think that short term incumbent Stiglich is harder to beat than long serving district judges Silver and Caddish.
But it may be quite academic in that beating any of the three would be an extreme uphill battle, and is highly unlikely to occur.
Our last Supreme Court contested race of real note was Pickering/Schumacher. I believe one of them spent like a million, and the other close to it.
Does Harter need a million to beat incumbent Stiglich? If so, how much can he raise from the outside? $50,000.? Does he have several hundred thousand of his own to put into the race? Unlikely. Against Silver, perhaps he could have raised $200,000. or so.
But who knows? Even Silver's critics might not donate to an opponent she has unless they think the opponent is really viable and can win.
Am I wrong about all this? Does Harter in fact have a good chance, and if so, did he select the right race?
I call BS on 430 and everyone else who flippantly say "i will run" and have no idea what that actually means. Regardless of the office, committing to public service is serious stuff.
Stiglich was appointed District Court Judge of the Second Judicial District Court by Sandoval in 2012 and was subsequently retained by voters in 2014. How much money did she raise in 2014?
4:59 hit the nail on the head. People who say well perhaps they will run, have no idea of what is involved in this massive undertaking.
4:53 hit on some of what is involved concerning the huge financial war chest needed.
And the massive time and money away from work to run a viable state-wide race, probably against an opponent willing and able to spend a million dollars, would essentially mean one would have to essentially put their practice on hold for an entire year–which is often impossible unless in a firm that heavily supports the race and has attorneys to handle all the cases of the campaigning attorney
Yes, 4:30 and others have no idea. It is not about merely disliking someone. It is about devoting the entire next year of your life campaigning, and having the ability to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Elissa Cadish is not an incumbent. She is running for a whole other court. If she is the only candidate, I am voting none of the above.
I am a Dem.who would support Cadish opponent.
5:19 points out that Caddish is not an incumbent and running for a whole new court. True, but that makes 5:16's position all the more supportable. A person who causally and frivolously says they will run against her, is now facing a situation much more difficult than if Caddish was merely defending her District Court seat. She is now running for Supremes. So do her critics have a million dollars to put toward her defeat? Even half that amount?
Cadish has half a million dollars of Eglet money?
The Letizia Agency is hitting the legal blog hard for his candidates with scare tactics.
Speaking of…how is his daughter and her over punctuated slogan working out on the bench?
Justice has a name and it is not Cadish.
To:5:01: Probably not much money if she had no opponent. The way it is set up now, you are not permitted to seek and accept contributions until you attract an opponent. If you receive no opponent, you cannot raise outside money.
But she will raise a lot now that she is a Supreme Court incumbent and has an opponent. It may not appear to be a super strong opponent, but just the fact he is a sitting judge will give Stiglich team the ability to urge people to contribute based on the fact she has reasonably viable opposition.
If she had merely attracted token opposition,like some perennial candidate who never raises or spends money, she would probably collect a lot less as no one would view the race as serious.
Stiglich only raised $167K in 2012 v Harter $37K. Pickering raised $1.3M in 2008.
4:53,5:09 and 5:16 emphasize how absurdly expensive and difficult to win these seats are.4:53 even asked if their analysis is wrong.
I wasn't sure because I was not aware if winning these seats is always as ridiculously expensive as these posters suggests.
But now looking at the figures provided by 5:21, I must conclude that yes, it may take a million dollars(or more) to win.
And Harter only raised $37K in his last contested race(presumably, some from his own pocket).
And he presumably was able to raise the $37K because he was the incumbent, and people preferred him over a challenger.
But now HE is the challenger. Don't see a path for him to beat Stiglich.
But the race has not yet begun, and just as in a sporting event, in a political race you never know what can happen.
Many results occur each election cycle which are truly startling.
So, I hesitate to count him out. But the fund raising potential, at this time, sure looks grim for him against Stiglich.
He has my vote.
The Sun is going behind a paywall. That might work for the NY Times. That won't work for the Sun. Screw them.
I don't have many heros in the law but Chief Judge Navarro is one of them.
https://www.leagle.com/decision/infdco20150930g89