Shortly after the Pro Publica report came out, I was with my wife and kids at a parade in downton Las Vegas. Bill Kephardt was running for re-election and had an entry in the parade (something like a pickup truck festooned with a campaign sign and balloons). He was working the crowd shaking peoples hands. When he got to me, I couldn’t believe what I did and said. He reached his hand out to shake mine, and I didn’t acknowledge him. “What, you’re not going to shake my hand?” “No. I know who Fred Steese is.” It was the strangest moment because I wasn’t planning on it and it was almost like something else took over inside of me. Kephardt then lost his mind, blew up and started berating me. I thought, “Shit, what I have I done, that guy is a district court judge and I straight up disrespected him.” Fortunately, for reasons more important than shielding me from his wrath, he did not win re-election.
I saw Bill Kephardt a grocery store in Los Angeles. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly
I was a Clark Count Deputy DA. We had plenty of guilty individuals to prosecute, I find it unbelievable that two prosecutors (who later took the bench) would go after a man they knew to be innocent. Why? Another notch in their belt? Utterly reprehensible.
I usually like the Nevada Current but that article makes it totally unclear what the ordinance purports to prohibit. I just know the ACLU says that it bans taking selfies and the County says it doesn’t.
I have lost all respect for the ACLU in Nevada. They rival anarchists and extremists. They are out of touch. What do they stand for? What have they accomplished?
That’s all journalism on lawsuits. Reporters copy and paste the complaint like it’s fact and talk about procedural issues and processes of which they have no understanding.
That article is from more than two years ago. What’s your point?
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September 29, 2026 11:36 am
The Lorenzo surrogacy ruling is exactly the sort of parentage question I’ve litigated for decades (AAML Rated), and the panel finally landed where best-interest analysis always required – the amount of fees paid. That aside, a woman fed, bathed, and raised this child from birth – the genetics fixation the court below indulged was loathsome. There are at least four discrete parentage and custody matters embedded in a fact pattern like this, each properly billable.
Re: Fred Steese.
Shortly after the Pro Publica report came out, I was with my wife and kids at a parade in downton Las Vegas. Bill Kephardt was running for re-election and had an entry in the parade (something like a pickup truck festooned with a campaign sign and balloons). He was working the crowd shaking peoples hands. When he got to me, I couldn’t believe what I did and said. He reached his hand out to shake mine, and I didn’t acknowledge him. “What, you’re not going to shake my hand?” “No. I know who Fred Steese is.” It was the strangest moment because I wasn’t planning on it and it was almost like something else took over inside of me. Kephardt then lost his mind, blew up and started berating me. I thought, “Shit, what I have I done, that guy is a district court judge and I straight up disrespected him.” Fortunately, for reasons more important than shielding me from his wrath, he did not win re-election.
I saw Bill Kephardt a grocery store in Los Angeles. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly
This is, of course, utter B.S. Same story circulates periodically on the Internet with various different celebrities named in place of Kephardt.
what a killjoy. apparently you went to the “No, but” school of improv and comedy.
yeah sure, Bill
You pieced that together all by yourself? You should join the Nye County Sheriff’s Office.
You’re okay. I can only hope I’d have done and said the same thing.
I hope Fred Steese finds the peace that was denied him during his lifetime.
I was a Clark Count Deputy DA. We had plenty of guilty individuals to prosecute, I find it unbelievable that two prosecutors (who later took the bench) would go after a man they knew to be innocent. Why? Another notch in their belt? Utterly reprehensible.
Based on that comment it’s plain you were never a DA and never touched a criminal case in your life.
I was a Clark Count Deputy DA.
That’s 1! 2! Felonies for Misdo behavior! Ah Ha Ha!
https://nevadacurrent.com/2024/01/03/county-criminalizes-stopping-for-a-selfie-on-strip-pedestrian-bridges/
update?
I usually like the Nevada Current but that article makes it totally unclear what the ordinance purports to prohibit. I just know the ACLU says that it bans taking selfies and the County says it doesn’t.
I have lost all respect for the ACLU in Nevada. They rival anarchists and extremists. They are out of touch. What do they stand for? What have they accomplished?
That’s all journalism on lawsuits. Reporters copy and paste the complaint like it’s fact and talk about procedural issues and processes of which they have no understanding.
That article is from more than two years ago. What’s your point?
The Lorenzo surrogacy ruling is exactly the sort of parentage question I’ve litigated for decades (AAML Rated), and the panel finally landed where best-interest analysis always required – the amount of fees paid. That aside, a woman fed, bathed, and raised this child from birth – the genetics fixation the court below indulged was loathsome. There are at least four discrete parentage and custody matters embedded in a fact pattern like this, each properly billable.