I Bet I Don’t Appear Again.

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  • Governor Sisolak released a proposed budget in advance of his State of the State address tonight. [TNI
  • One Nevada state senator plans to introduce a bill to amend the Nevada Constitution with regard to gerrymandering and another to create open primaries. [Nevada Current]
  • The next City Manager and City Attorney in Boulder City will make less than their predecessors. [BCR]
  • Some ride-sharing operators are suing in California after Prop-22 made them independent contractors instead of employees. [Las Vegas Sun]
  • A Kentucky judge found a lawyer in contempt after she made a comment that caused the virtual courtroom audience to gasp. Who was really in the wrong: the judge or the attorney? [WDRB via @BadLegalTakes]
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January 19, 2021 5:45 pm

Totally unrelated to above topics. Looks like I will be out there looking for new employment in the coming year. I haven't updated my resume in quite some time. Can anyone recommend a preferred website for attorney resumes? Would you recommend hiring someone who can help with drafting an excellent resume?

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January 19, 2021 6:55 pm
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If you have not sought employment in while then that means you have been practicing for while. My recommendation is put together/update a simple resume that contains your firm and practice areas and mine your contacts of opposing and co-counsel with whom you have dealt. For example, if you are a 10 year attorney, I am not going to hire you unless (a) I have heard of you and (b) you can show you were a go-getter in whatever jurisdiction you are moving here from and I would have heard of you if I worked in that market. I don't care what your resume looks like (with obvious demerits for spelling, grammar and brutal inability to write).

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January 19, 2021 11:08 pm
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Sorry to hear. Hang in there. Curious, is your firm downsizing? Government budget cut?

Anonymous
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January 20, 2021 1:47 am
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I hear the public defender's office is hiring…

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Anonymous
January 19, 2021 6:07 pm

CME ECF breach, and I have to wait an hour to print a 2 page document 5 times to get charged for it. I love federal court.

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January 19, 2021 8:24 pm
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Federal court makes the RJClook like the Ritz Carlton. Federal Court is a dump headed by Miranda Du.

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January 19, 2021 11:36 pm
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Tried printing out a 5 pager last week on cme ECF and gave up. Yes, federal court is a joke. Been in front of Du once, it was enough.

Enoch Powell
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Enoch Powell
January 19, 2021 6:47 pm

Shameka O'Neill.
You can have a civilization or you can have XXXX people
But you cant have both.

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January 20, 2021 2:58 am
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Apparently after that hearing, O'Neill texted “As for that fine — straight cash homie,” O’Neil texted later. “Bottomline don’t disrespect me and try to humiliate me in front of my client and other professionals then think I’m going to sit there and take it whether you got on a robe or not I’m a person just like her I’m not her child nor do I work for her get respect and I give respect. Period.”

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January 19, 2021 6:52 pm

Also unrelated to the above topics. I really enjoyed the posts yesterday speaking fondly about some of the attorneys we have lost. I was particularly happy to see that Pat Murphy — who was a great attorney, a better person, and taken far too young — has not been forgotten. If the Blog is accepting nominations for a "Gone But Not Forgotten List", I nominate Dick Mauer. Dick was a great attorney, had a larger than life personality, and those of us fortunate enough to know him still feel his loss. Any other nominations????

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January 19, 2021 7:02 pm
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Gordie Fink. Bill Smith.

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January 19, 2021 7:19 pm
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Rex Jemison

Anonymous
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January 19, 2021 7:25 pm
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John Mitchell "Mitch" Cobeaga

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January 19, 2021 7:44 pm
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. . . and screw you, too, 11:31. Obviously someone who Mitch's group was not able to help.

Anonymous
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January 19, 2021 7:58 pm
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Even as opposing counsel, Mitch was a gentleman.

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January 19, 2021 8:06 pm
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11:31 I am sorry whatever bad experiences that you had. Mitch was a gentleman and a hell of a litigator. Did he have personal demons? He did as do I suspect you do also and certainly I do. He never turned down the chance to help in my experience, regardless of the nature of the assistance. If Mitch was not that person for you, I hope you found someone who served the role for you that Mitch served for so many other lawyers in this town.

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January 19, 2021 8:37 pm
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I was on the other side of Mitch Cobeaga twice in my career and I have nothing but fond memories. He was a strong advocate and a true gentleman. I also respected the fact that he didn't try to hide his battles with addiction (Mitch didn't pretend to be better than anyone else when it came to being human).

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January 19, 2021 8:40 pm
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Bill Smith, that's a name from the past. I miss him.

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January 19, 2021 9:36 pm
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Pat Murphy, James Jackson, Christopher Curtis.

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Anonymous
January 19, 2021 9:38 pm
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I don't know any of these deceased attorneys, although I had some limited interaction with Bill Terry. Still, I love reading these comments. I want to conduct myself as an attorney so that when I die, people remember me like they have Bill Terry this past week. Well done, Bill, thou good and faithful legal advocate.

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January 19, 2021 9:43 pm
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When I die, I hope they say, "Wait–what? She was an attorney too?"

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January 19, 2021 10:28 pm
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I think it is sad that we judge out value on what other attorneys think of us. Most of us including me asdhokes

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Anonymous
January 19, 2021 10:30 pm
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Our…are assholes

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January 19, 2021 10:53 pm
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2:28,

I agree. We should not judge each other on our respective assholes. Let us judge ourselves by the kind of motions we could have filed, but chose not to. For example, two Texas attorneys filed a case in which they asked the US District Court to enjoin every Member of Congress from taking any legislative action at all, enjoin the enforcement of their electoral ballot count, and order Trump, as the "only lawfully and constitutionally remaining federal officer" to take all necessary actions to "preserve the lawful and orderly continuity of government."

I mean, as assholes go, that's a big one. But again, let's not use that as a means to judge people.

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January 20, 2021 12:22 am
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Here, here 1:43!

Hans Moleman
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Hans Moleman
January 20, 2021 2:12 am
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Congratulations to Harold Gewerter for being nominated as assistant secretary for health for the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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January 20, 2021 2:21 am
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Huh, I thought that was Rachel Levine.

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January 20, 2021 5:07 pm
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6:12 HAHA I am dying. Good stuff.

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January 19, 2021 7:21 pm

Tom and Jackie Naylor

Anonymous
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January 19, 2021 8:11 pm

Does the State Bar provide a list of deceased attorneys?

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January 19, 2021 8:15 pm
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Every year there is a memorial service for the attorneys who have passed in the previous year.

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StephAbbott
January 21, 2021 6:04 pm
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The 2020 attorney memorial service was recorded. See https://www.clarkcountylawfoundation.org/news-events.html

Anonymous
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January 19, 2021 8:44 pm

Except for 2020 when it was cancelled.

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January 19, 2021 10:31 pm

A-20-821067-C

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January 19, 2021 11:27 pm
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what is this?

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Anonymous
January 19, 2021 11:44 pm
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Looks like a legal malpractice action from Grant McCandless v. now Judge Rhonda Forsberg.

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January 19, 2021 11:46 pm
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Just remember, the media loves Sigal Chattah