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- Since some of you are already discussing it, here’s the link to the article on Attorney General-Elect Adam Laxalt’s pick for Solicitor General. [RJ]
- Galina Kilova, the woman who waited until after the Thanksgiving holiday to turn herself in to police in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a grandpa, was taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. [Fox5Vegas]
- Were photos of injuries to victims being destroyed in Las Vegas Justice Courts? Can anyone shed some light? [Las Vegas Tribune]
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Laxalt isn't hiring from Nevada because he doesn't know anyone in Nevada. It's just sad.
He might consider, I don't know, say, taking applications and hiring based on merit. Sorry, I guess I went off my meds for a minute there.
He has a lot of big-money donations to repay with access to political power.
Maybe after what happened with LR, he decided to hire someone who was going to "have his back," rather than hiring an unknown who may be looking to stab him in the back.
That's right, because we all need Yes Men in our professional lives to make us better lawyers. No doubt that's how you got promoted into that awesome windowless closet you're working out of (troll).
VanDyke went to Harvard, was on Harvard law review, clerked for the D.C. Circuit, and spent years at Gibson Dunn. How many people in town have those credentials? I'm guessing it's less than 5. As a 2005 grad, he would have made almost $400k at Gibson Dunn this year. No way I'd turn down $400k to move to Nevada and get shit on by a bunch of hacks. Reason number 1 billion why I'll never be in politics.
He lost his Montana Supreme Court election bid. He's moved on from practicing to politics and this is his "safety school."
He did not spend enough years at Gibson Dunn to make anywhere near $400k. He spent enough years at Gibson Dunn to make it apparent that he would never make partner (much like Laxalt) and then he ran away to the safety of a political job in Texas, which he fled for a political job in Montana, which he left after a big beef with another attorney in the office, then he ran for the Montana Supreme Court – an election in which he lost in a big bad way because he was completely unqualified, and now he's been dumped on us. How many people in town have those credentials? One. One too many.
Having good credentials doesn't make one a good lawyer.
I think I read he had previously left GDC to be an assistant solicitor general in a different state.
He and Laxalt are still assholes.
Don't hold back. Tell us how you really fee.
Thank you, I will.
Laxalt and VanDyke make Mike Roberson and Michelle Fiore look like liberals.
Laxalt is a genius, because he worked for Lewis and Roca.
The guy has to be smart, no doubt about it. But like Ted Cruz (also a former Harvard Law Review editor), he’s an ideological zealot. Beware of genius true believers, especially ones bent on establishing theocracy. (https://www.ralstonreports.com/blog/adam-laxalts-new-solicitor-general-was-involved-controversial-group-dedicated-creating-network)
From the press accounts in Montana, it looks like he abandoned his clerkship with Judge Janice Brown mid-term to be an entry level associate at Gibson Dunn for a couple of years. Judging by his Westlaw profile, his name never made it onto many filings while he was there. Then he went to be an assistant in the solicitor general’s office in Texas for a couple of years. Then he hopped again to be the SG in Montana for less than two years.
Laxalt considers this guy to be a “premier U.S. Supreme Court appellate lawyer.” Give me a fucking break. He has NEVER been involved in an actual Supreme Court case on the merits, much less argued before the court. He simply filed one cert petition and an amicus brief in support of another cert petition.
But you can say this for him: The Koch brothers loved VanDyke in his run for the Mont. Sup. Ct. (http://mtpr.org/post/outside-money-puts-spotlight-high-court-race) as much as they loved Laxalt in his race.
If I were one of the competent professionals in the AG’s office, I’d be polishing my resume.
There's got to be a story behind leaving the federal clerkship early – who does that unless there is some kind of issue? Gibson Dunn certainly would have waited until he finished the clerkship gig.
"If I were one of the competent professionals in the AG’s office, I’d be polishing my resume." Ha ha ha. I challenge your premise! Au contraire, le clown, the AG's office is bereft of any talent. Maybe a few "not-incompetent-ticket-punchers" at most, but definitely no "competent professionals."
I think he was at GDC for a year before he clerked, and then returned to GDC.
I'm not sure he left the clerkship. I can't find any press on that. His linked indicates he was there for 1 year, which is a typical clerkship length. Quitting on a D.C. Circuit clerkship would be a bad move for an aspiring appellate litigator.
I am under the impression this blog is filled with some true blue bed-wetting liberals. I say, go back to California.
Maybe, but I'm a giant libertarian, like much of Nevada. I personally can't stand these carpetbaggers who come to this state and try and inject their god into politics. We gamble, drink too much, can't pass a proper smoking ban, give out abortions with impunity, let people get gay married, and soon, will let you smoke as much weed as you like. These guys can piss off.
The problem with being a solid conservative, or even a libertarian? The sheer number of off-their-damn-rocker kooks that you get lumped in with. I mean these people are bug-fuckingly insane. I'm looking at you, Laxalt and VanDyke.
I can't imagine a hiring partner giving VanDyke an interview, let alone a job. He graduated in 2005, had a clerkship which he left early, went to Gibson Dunn where he stayed for only a couple of years, he went to Texas and stayed in that job for a short period, went to the Montana AG's office and stayed there for only a couple of years before quitting because of a problem with a co-worker, ran for an elected office for which he was completely unqualified, and is now on his fifth job in less than 10 years. With that kind of record, he's not worth the investment in training and development, and odds are he'll be off chasing another rainbow in a year or two.
http://www.krtv.com/news/former-colleague-criticizes-vandyke-s-qualifications-for-montana-supreme-court/ – yikes!!
OMG!!! Van Dyke sounds like Laxalt's twin brother, equally delusional. He cited a judge's routine compliment of BOTH counsel at a hearing as praise of his legal abilities??? In 8 years of practice, this is what this "charlatan" can come up with? Way to go, Nevada. You are once again the wiener.
Lionel Sawyer is dissolving effective as of December 30. The partnership voted to dissolve on Wednesday night. Most, but not all, have received offers from Fennemore Craig.
Jesus.
This story says nothing, but still…
http://www.8newsnow.com/story/27619508/i-team-big-changes-ahead-for-lionel-sawyer-law-firm
Sad. A young, brainless ego maniac is elected AG and one of Nevada's mightiest home-grown law firms collapses. Not good news for the state. Sam should have run for AG. He would have beat both unqualified politico punks. Sam is a real attorney, unlike the brash and talent-less youths who imagine themselves qualified to do more than run a McDonald's deep fryer. 'Dat's right Laxalt and Miller, you are punks.
Sam, who???
Samuel Lionel.