Virtual Assistant question
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Re: Michele Fiore seeks new trial in federal wire fraud case
I have Michael Sanft as opposing counsel in a civil case. He’s a great attorney. I realize shitting on previous counsel is somewhat common in criminal matters, but I really hate to see this. But, to be fair, Sanft also knew who Michele Fiore was when he took her on as a client.
It’s priced in. One reason great attorneys take on cases in defense of despicable defendants–beyond the obvious due process and general justice considerations–is that providing them the best possible defense is one way to ensure justice is served.
I’ve been saying for over a year on this blog that Fiore would get pardoned, and my comments were always poo pooed. I stand by it and when it happens you can bet I will be here to take a victory lap reminding you all that I fucking called it long ago.
11:22 AM here. And I may be very wrong as well. Trump pardoned Rod Blagojevich yesterday, which is a bar far below Michele Fiore. Still, I will concede some important distinctions. (1) Michele Fiore, although a local folk hero among the MAGA faithful, lacks the kind of national profile to whet Trump’s appetite. (2) Michele Fiore grifted on a cop killed in the line of duty, which, even by Trump standards, is pretty gross. If she had assaulted an officer while doing Trump’s bidding, she would be in a better position. But she grifted off a dead cop.
Still, I think she gets pardoned. She will probably pay someone like Michael McDonald, who is very close to Trump, to lobby for her. And that’s probably what gets her across the finish line. When that happens, will there be a moment of self-reflection and course correction in her life? Abso-fucking-lutely not. The Michele Fiore Show will return, bigger, bawdier and more lawless than ever.
Seems incredible that this guymon just thought of this game to play with his clients in 2024. Preying on desperate women after 30 years of being a stellar member of the legal community. Thank god he never took advantage of any of the women who went through the system while he was on the prosecuting side and could really influence what happened to them.
Also, are these the prices people pay to have sex with women? They seem very low, as if they are underpaying or the numbers (and maybe the charges then) are fake?
I am always surprised when people who are this nasty are also so stupid. “Gee, let me do all my pimpin via text. Those won’t ever be read by anyone else I am sure.”
I got about halfway through, or a little less, and had to stop, because that is time that I will never get back. It reads like bad dialogue from a straight-to-video movie of the mid 80’s to 90’s, if you remember what those were.
Motion to change LinkedIn job title from “attorney at law” to “gorilla pimp at law” until the SBNV pulls his license. WHAT CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY WITHOUT IMMUNITY USES THE PHONE LIKE THIS?! This case is so impressively terrible. Literally, attorneys are the only people who do not commit the crime of “pandering” when they make a living from the earnings of a prostitute. This guy managed to fuck that up so impressively selling lawyers broads on a boats and braggadocio chalked up to “locker room talk.”
I bag on our judiciary a great deal. With that said, this comment I find to be a little out of the pale. Denton, Williams and Gall read the motions meticulously– sometimes knowing the facts better than the counsel appearing before them. Judge Kishner also reads everything but she already knows better than your pleadings how the case should be and will tell you. Judge Hardy is mid as a Business Court Judge but a heck of a lot better than he was the first time that they gave him Business Court cases and then took them away. Frankly our Business Court bench is pretty strong.
That this is being drafted as a constitutional amendment suggests to me that this is embracing reforms that are beyond what the legislature can do by statute. Indeed, given what is said in the article about changing the method of putting these judges into office, that’s exactly the case.
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Anonymous
February 11, 2025 1:21 pm
Notes from Civil Bench Bar Meeting Today:
I. 2024 Civil Court Review
A. Civil Trial Statistics
• Jury Trials: 71 conducted, totaling 478 trial days.
• Bench Trials: 52 conducted, with 168 total bench trial days, primarily handled by business court judges.
• Default Judgment & Prove-Up Hearings: 272 conducted.
• Civil Settlement Conferences: 240 cases successfully resolved through this program.
B. Civil Settlement Conference Program
• Cases may be jointly assigned to a settlement conference judge through Department 30 or by agreement among the parties.
• Judges often have availability when trials are vacated and prefer to resolve cases in settlement conferences rather than prolonged trials.
II. Procedural Guidelines and Court Efficiency
A. Submission of Voluntary Dismissals and Orders
• Voluntary dismissals must be sent to the department inbox, not filed directly into the case, as clerk’s office rejects direct filings.
• Judges’ electronic signatures require blank signature lines—avoid additional text, such as judge’s name or date, as it interferes with electronic security coding.
B. Filing and Signature Protocols
• All stipulated orders (SAOs) must be signed by all parties. If one party is absent, they must at least indicate non-opposition.
• Many SAOs are rejected due to missing signatures.
• Check department websites for procedural updates, trial stacks, and filing requirements.
C. Interpleader Actions
• Cases cannot be closed until all parties have been served and responded (or defaulted).
• Interpleading party must deposit funds with the court before being dismissed from the case.
• Distributions require all parties’ signatures or a noticed hearing.
III. Case Scheduling and Court Appearances
A. Scheduling Matters Efficiently
• Some judges schedule short matters first (e.g., status checks, 16.1 conferences), while others prioritize in-person appearances.
• Remote participants must log in under their full name (not a firm name or phone number) and use the chat to check in.
B. Communication with the Court
• Judges recommend emailing law clerks in the morning to inform them of case status (e.g., resolved, continued, or uncontested).
• Attorneys should notify the court if opposing counsel will not be appearing, as some judges wait until all expected parties are present before calling the case.
• Courts cannot accommodate last-minute uncontested matters on Zoom as easily as in-person appearances pre-COVID.
IV. Proposal to Increase Arbitration Limits (ADR Program)
A. Legislative Proposal (AB Bill 3)
• Seeks to amend NRS 38.250 by raising arbitration program limits from $50,000 to $100,000.
• Effective for cases filed after January 1, 2026.
B. Justification for Increase
• The arbitration program is highly successful, resolving 93% of cases before trial de novo.
• Due to rising medical and litigation costs, fewer cases qualify for arbitration.
• Cases entering the program declined from 55% in 2017 to 37% in 2024.
• Civil filings have increased significantly (from 17,000 to 24,000 in 2024), further burdening district courts.
C. Anticipated Legislative Process
• Bill scheduled for hearing on February 17, 2025, before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
• Meetings with stakeholders, including Nevada Justice Association (NJA), have been positive.
• No significant opposition is expected.
V. Other Court Announcements
A. Probate Commissioner Update
• Russell Geis appointed as a second probate commissioner.
• Probate calendars will expand to two days per week.
• Cases are being reassigned but will retain their original judge.
B. Supreme Court Rule Amendments
• Proposed changes to Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure (ADKT 58580).
• Includes amendments to Rules 3E, 9, 27, 30, and 45.
• Public comment period is open.
C. Upcoming Legal Events
• Business Court Bench-Bar Meeting – March 13, 2025, Courtroom 16A.
• Federal District Court Conference – May 7, 2025, Reno, NV.
• Pickleball Tournament (Inns of Court) – March 29, 2025.
Thank you for the statistics. Apparently I am trying more than my pro rata share of cases. So 32 District Court judges managed to try on average less than 3 civil trials per judge all year. That is pathetic.
This town has a lot of people calling themselves “trial lawyers” for only putting on 6 jury trials a month in 32 departments. Just sayin’.
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Anonymous
February 11, 2025 6:35 pm
Guymon has not been a “stellar member of the community for 30 years.” The guy was involved with the G-sting/Galardi operation and run out of the district attorneys office. He literally stole a necklace for his mistress (who wasn’t much of a mistress) and was charged in Utah. This is who he’s always been.
And are these judges really bragging about having done 3 civil trials each????? (I get not literally but spread across the 30+ judges). That’s absolutely pathetic. Most of them aren’t even in the courthouse more than three days a week. I hear it’s a total shit show over there with one anointed group doing next to nothing. And only less than ten all civil judges. Why are civil attorneys turned judges hearing criminal cases instead of hearing civil cases? Meanwhile my civil cases are getting screwed up by former public defendants and prosecutors. Shit. Show.
I will agree with you there…the judges who are from criminal side (DAs mostly) dont understand jackshit when it comes to the civil stuff.
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Anonymous
February 11, 2025 6:48 pm
Just had a Family Court Judge issue a Minute Order granting a Motion in my favor pursuant to EDCR 2.20 and EDCR 2.23. Dear Judge– thanks for the ruling. But those rules do not apply in your Family Court matter.
I should add the Decision later states ” THE COURT FURTHER FINDS that EDCR 5.101(b) clearly states that the rules in Part V govern the practice and procedure in all matters heard in the family division, and the rules set out in Parts II, III, IV, and VII are inapplicable to matters heard in the family division.” This came right after the citation to Part II of the EDCR as being controlling.
Virtual Assistant question
I am a solo and need an assistant. Not necessarily a paralegal. Any experience and advice would be appreciated. Virtual service via web, a real person in LV working remotely or…?
Thank you for your time.
What specifically do you need them to do?
What area of law?
Re: Michele Fiore seeks new trial in federal wire fraud case
I have Michael Sanft as opposing counsel in a civil case. He’s a great attorney. I realize shitting on previous counsel is somewhat common in criminal matters, but I really hate to see this. But, to be fair, Sanft also knew who Michele Fiore was when he took her on as a client.
It’s priced in. One reason great attorneys take on cases in defense of despicable defendants–beyond the obvious due process and general justice considerations–is that providing them the best possible defense is one way to ensure justice is served.
Get real. They take the cases for The Pay & The Publicity.
She is not really saying Sanft did a bad job. She has to allege ineffective assistance of counsel because she has nothing else. Pardon incoming.
I’ve been saying for over a year on this blog that Fiore would get pardoned, and my comments were always poo pooed. I stand by it and when it happens you can bet I will be here to take a victory lap reminding you all that I fucking called it long ago.
I think that youre wrong, as I did before. But, I have no problem admitting it and issuing a mea culpa.
11:22 AM here. And I may be very wrong as well. Trump pardoned Rod Blagojevich yesterday, which is a bar far below Michele Fiore. Still, I will concede some important distinctions. (1) Michele Fiore, although a local folk hero among the MAGA faithful, lacks the kind of national profile to whet Trump’s appetite. (2) Michele Fiore grifted on a cop killed in the line of duty, which, even by Trump standards, is pretty gross. If she had assaulted an officer while doing Trump’s bidding, she would be in a better position. But she grifted off a dead cop.
Still, I think she gets pardoned. She will probably pay someone like Michael McDonald, who is very close to Trump, to lobby for her. And that’s probably what gets her across the finish line. When that happens, will there be a moment of self-reflection and course correction in her life? Abso-fucking-lutely not. The Michele Fiore Show will return, bigger, bawdier and more lawless than ever.
Fiore is broke. She doesn’t have the money to pay bribes.
*maga culpa
Guymon’s arrest report can be found here https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25517987/garyguymon1088360doar-final.pdf
oof
Guymon referring to himself as a “n***a” is off the chain.
The guy acts like he just railed a line before texting.
whoa
Read it. Really gross.
Jesus fucking christ.
It’s sad. And disheartening. Hate to see someone abusing a position of trust like that.
Gary straight pimpin’
*Gorilla pimpin’
He ain’t never slapped a hoe in his life. He had to pay them to get on a boat LOL.
Dear Guymon:
“Sit down bitch,
be humble.”
Seems incredible that this guymon just thought of this game to play with his clients in 2024. Preying on desperate women after 30 years of being a stellar member of the legal community. Thank god he never took advantage of any of the women who went through the system while he was on the prosecuting side and could really influence what happened to them.
Also, are these the prices people pay to have sex with women? They seem very low, as if they are underpaying or the numbers (and maybe the charges then) are fake?
I am always surprised when people who are this nasty are also so stupid. “Gee, let me do all my pimpin via text. Those won’t ever be read by anyone else I am sure.”
His poor wife. I hope they are divorced by now. I cannot imagine talking to anyone the way Guymon talked to those vulnerable women.
Yeah, vulnerable. Not predetory at all.
Sometimes a fall from grace has no good guys, no innocents and no victims.
Marjorie is a victim in this case.
He wrote that he was going to dinner with his wife.
“Don’t text ‘jo pimpin'” is Day 1 of Pimp School. This lesson is a prerequisite to Advanced Gorilla Tactics.
Not sure a gorilla pimp goes to see Billy Joel with his wife….but what do I know
He violated the Stringer Bell rule.
Well played, 2:32. Well played.
Honestly, who has the time for all of that?? I need a nap just thinking about it. That’s a ton of effort to “help your firends out”.
I don’t know, a double dildo boat trip to Lake Mead might make it all worth it. Big pimping from those BYU grads.
I got about halfway through, or a little less, and had to stop, because that is time that I will never get back. It reads like bad dialogue from a straight-to-video movie of the mid 80’s to 90’s, if you remember what those were.
Why does this read like he was doomscrolling Urban Dictionary for terms the kids are using these days
I was surprised by the commitment to the phrase “douche canoe.”
Motion to change LinkedIn job title from “attorney at law” to “gorilla pimp at law” until the SBNV pulls his license. WHAT CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY WITHOUT IMMUNITY USES THE PHONE LIKE THIS?! This case is so impressively terrible. Literally, attorneys are the only people who do not commit the crime of “pandering” when they make a living from the earnings of a prostitute. This guy managed to fuck that up so impressively selling lawyers broads on a boats and braggadocio chalked up to “locker room talk.”
We already have business courts.
I ran to the comments to see if anyone else was going to point this out
yes, but it’s a joke. can’t imagine a fortune 500 relocating here and realizing our business court judges don’t even read the motions before them.
I bag on our judiciary a great deal. With that said, this comment I find to be a little out of the pale. Denton, Williams and Gall read the motions meticulously– sometimes knowing the facts better than the counsel appearing before them. Judge Kishner also reads everything but she already knows better than your pleadings how the case should be and will tell you. Judge Hardy is mid as a Business Court Judge but a heck of a lot better than he was the first time that they gave him Business Court cases and then took them away. Frankly our Business Court bench is pretty strong.
That this is being drafted as a constitutional amendment suggests to me that this is embracing reforms that are beyond what the legislature can do by statute. Indeed, given what is said in the article about changing the method of putting these judges into office, that’s exactly the case.
Notes from Civil Bench Bar Meeting Today:
I. 2024 Civil Court Review
A. Civil Trial Statistics
• Jury Trials: 71 conducted, totaling 478 trial days.
• Bench Trials: 52 conducted, with 168 total bench trial days, primarily handled by business court judges.
• Default Judgment & Prove-Up Hearings: 272 conducted.
• Civil Settlement Conferences: 240 cases successfully resolved through this program.
B. Civil Settlement Conference Program
• Cases may be jointly assigned to a settlement conference judge through Department 30 or by agreement among the parties.
• Judges often have availability when trials are vacated and prefer to resolve cases in settlement conferences rather than prolonged trials.
II. Procedural Guidelines and Court Efficiency
A. Submission of Voluntary Dismissals and Orders
• Voluntary dismissals must be sent to the department inbox, not filed directly into the case, as clerk’s office rejects direct filings.
• Judges’ electronic signatures require blank signature lines—avoid additional text, such as judge’s name or date, as it interferes with electronic security coding.
B. Filing and Signature Protocols
• All stipulated orders (SAOs) must be signed by all parties. If one party is absent, they must at least indicate non-opposition.
• Many SAOs are rejected due to missing signatures.
• Check department websites for procedural updates, trial stacks, and filing requirements.
C. Interpleader Actions
• Cases cannot be closed until all parties have been served and responded (or defaulted).
• Interpleading party must deposit funds with the court before being dismissed from the case.
• Distributions require all parties’ signatures or a noticed hearing.
III. Case Scheduling and Court Appearances
A. Scheduling Matters Efficiently
• Some judges schedule short matters first (e.g., status checks, 16.1 conferences), while others prioritize in-person appearances.
• Remote participants must log in under their full name (not a firm name or phone number) and use the chat to check in.
B. Communication with the Court
• Judges recommend emailing law clerks in the morning to inform them of case status (e.g., resolved, continued, or uncontested).
• Attorneys should notify the court if opposing counsel will not be appearing, as some judges wait until all expected parties are present before calling the case.
• Courts cannot accommodate last-minute uncontested matters on Zoom as easily as in-person appearances pre-COVID.
IV. Proposal to Increase Arbitration Limits (ADR Program)
A. Legislative Proposal (AB Bill 3)
• Seeks to amend NRS 38.250 by raising arbitration program limits from $50,000 to $100,000.
• Effective for cases filed after January 1, 2026.
B. Justification for Increase
• The arbitration program is highly successful, resolving 93% of cases before trial de novo.
• Due to rising medical and litigation costs, fewer cases qualify for arbitration.
• Cases entering the program declined from 55% in 2017 to 37% in 2024.
• Civil filings have increased significantly (from 17,000 to 24,000 in 2024), further burdening district courts.
C. Anticipated Legislative Process
• Bill scheduled for hearing on February 17, 2025, before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
• Meetings with stakeholders, including Nevada Justice Association (NJA), have been positive.
• No significant opposition is expected.
V. Other Court Announcements
A. Probate Commissioner Update
• Russell Geis appointed as a second probate commissioner.
• Probate calendars will expand to two days per week.
• Cases are being reassigned but will retain their original judge.
B. Supreme Court Rule Amendments
• Proposed changes to Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure (ADKT 58580).
• Includes amendments to Rules 3E, 9, 27, 30, and 45.
• Public comment period is open.
C. Upcoming Legal Events
• Business Court Bench-Bar Meeting – March 13, 2025, Courtroom 16A.
• Federal District Court Conference – May 7, 2025, Reno, NV.
• Pickleball Tournament (Inns of Court) – March 29, 2025.
Thank you for the statistics. Apparently I am trying more than my pro rata share of cases. So 32 District Court judges managed to try on average less than 3 civil trials per judge all year. That is pathetic.
Thanks for all the info!
Thank you for the excellent summary. It is very much appreciated.
Beauty of AI.
Weren’t the appellate rules just fully overhauled?
Yes. The petition asserts these amendments are for operational issues that have arisen since then.
This town has a lot of people calling themselves “trial lawyers” for only putting on 6 jury trials a month in 32 departments. Just sayin’.
Guymon has not been a “stellar member of the community for 30 years.” The guy was involved with the G-sting/Galardi operation and run out of the district attorneys office. He literally stole a necklace for his mistress (who wasn’t much of a mistress) and was charged in Utah. This is who he’s always been.
And are these judges really bragging about having done 3 civil trials each????? (I get not literally but spread across the 30+ judges). That’s absolutely pathetic. Most of them aren’t even in the courthouse more than three days a week. I hear it’s a total shit show over there with one anointed group doing next to nothing. And only less than ten all civil judges. Why are civil attorneys turned judges hearing criminal cases instead of hearing civil cases? Meanwhile my civil cases are getting screwed up by former public defendants and prosecutors. Shit. Show.
One reason is because criminal trials take precedence over civil trials. You know, constitutional right to a speedy trial and all.
That is not a reason and confuses coincidence and causation. No one is getting their civil trial pushed out by criminal trials.
I will agree with you there…the judges who are from criminal side (DAs mostly) dont understand jackshit when it comes to the civil stuff.
Just had a Family Court Judge issue a Minute Order granting a Motion in my favor pursuant to EDCR 2.20 and EDCR 2.23. Dear Judge– thanks for the ruling. But those rules do not apply in your Family Court matter.
I should add the Decision later states ” THE COURT FURTHER FINDS that EDCR 5.101(b) clearly states that the rules in Part V govern the practice and procedure in all matters heard in the family division, and the rules set out in Parts II, III, IV, and VII are inapplicable to matters heard in the family division.” This came right after the citation to Part II of the EDCR as being controlling.