Oh my god you’re right, that was one of the few I just couldn’t stop laughing at. Unbelievably cringey stuff. I’ve never seen a bigger, self-obsessed nerd like SD.
Word on the street is 6+ employees walked out of the office last week. Same thing happened at L&R last week. Lost 2 of their 4 associate attorneys lol. Probably shouldn’t have laid off a giant portion of their workforce for a tax benefit.
LRR is Womble Bond. L&R is the guy who actually came to court one day in front of Tom Biggar without a jacket and got called on the carpet for not meeting dress code. Next attorney who stood up for his hearing apprized the commissioner that “I just call my wife when I need a call because with my wife– one call, that’s all”
Every time I get a decision or order back from Department 28 I am reminded that Israel is the Ron Burgundy of judges. He will read (and sign) anything that you put on that order. And when I say anything, I mean anything.
I don’t even think he’s reading them. I think it’s weekend at Bernie’s over there. No way a judge issues half the minute orders I’ve seen come out of there in the past two years.
Perhaps not. I was doomscrolling through court pleadings (as one does), and noticed that there was a wee bit of action in that case. Seems there was a minute order (unfiled) ordering the parties to a hearing today, and then a stip moving it to next week. Apparently, the minute order said Judge Israel had some more questions. Judge, if the question is, “Who keeps bringing this up on that blasted law blawg?” just know that I won’t be in the room.
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February 10, 2025 10:50 am
Rhode Island D.C. one step closer to telling someone in the Executive Branch to show up to court with a packed toothbrush. The Order entered today requires the Executive to restore frozen funding, immediately end any federal funding pause, to take every step necessary to effectuate the TRO, not to pause any funds based on pronouncements pausing funding, and immediately restore withheld funds. Case is 25-cv-00039-JJM-PAS. I’d include a link, but links seem to be verboten at times.
Is there a return date for a status check? With language that strong, that’d be expected, and the Judge would be a fool not to have one based on Trump’s likely attempts to see what and how much they can get away with.
Update: The government is appealing the TRO. Yes, appealing a TRO. When the briefing for the is scheduled to be completed in 3 days, and a hearing is scheduled for next Friday.
I wouldn’t want to be the DOJ trying to explain why I thought a TRO was appealable in this instance.
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February 10, 2025 11:48 am
I haven’t paid a ton of attention but whats this “Nevada plan” the bar just sent an email about? Is it replacing the bar exam in 2017?
Where have you been the past two years? Yes, the bar exam will be reduced to a single 100 question multiple choice exam. No essay. The real estates salesperson exam is 120 questions.
We all had opportunity to voice our opinion’s and comment to the NSC. We collectively blew it.
Traditional Bar is donezo in Nevada. I’m pretty sure beginning 2026 they’re doing the mini-100 multiple choice test for 1Ls, followed by supervised practice and the performance test. That’s it.
Take back your bar. Wake up folks. This is the result of LGBTQ woke shit from a Boyd Professor Joan Howarth. She wrote a book that premises the bar exam is discriminatory to women and minorities. The bar exam must be reformed. What a bunch of B.S.. The Board of Bar Examiners, the Board of Governors and some Supreme Court Justices are on board with this. So is Richard Trachok, the Chair.
There will be no essays on the bar exam. Can you imagine? Instead there will be some performance tests. The proponents of this claim they don’t want to test memorization of rules and law. WTF. Instead they should have just replaced the MBE with their own multiple choice. Keep the essays and the PT. The President of the State Bar is all in on this. What a crock. Since when is any test job related?. No such thing. The grading of practicing is too subjective to be meaningful. Yes it is a joke.
And yes, members of the bar did not submit comments or organize against this insanity.
You bring up such a gossipy point. I absolutely love that T. Matt Phillips was declared a vexatious litigant by Judge Almase as a pro per in Clark County and that said status was reported to the California bar. Time will tell how his personal behavior in his self-representation in Nevada affects his California license.
Who has time to follow this middle school gossip nonsense? I watched 5 minutes of one of those videos and turned it off. TMP has delusions of grandeur, end of story. Not interesting.
Sure. And in pointing out what a joke our Judiciary is (tragic though it may be). These judges cowered and recused themselves whenever he threatened or filed against them.
Members of the academy have far too much influence on the profession, here in Nevada and nationally. These people live in a theoretical dreamland, detached from the reality of the law.
Does the bar exam really have any indication as to how you will be as an attorney? Or are we just gatekeeping because “we had to do it” ? I”l bet everyone in here knows an attorney who is just horrific. They, too, had to pass the bar exam.
It will be far worse with a pass through bar exam that does not even test how to think, how to spot issues or to write. We will soon see how much dumber the attorneys will become with an easy bar. They won’t need to know any law just show up and go through the motions.
However, making the Exam a shadow of its former difficulty will, without question, attract the lesser intellects toward the profession. The impact on the profession as a whole will be the immeasurable dilution of both quality and skill. These folks will then run (and win) and apply (and be appointed) for our bench.
By the time we really feel it, it will be too late and tremendous damage will be done. What are we going to do, revoke the licenses of the dummies that passed the easy test?
An (unintended?) consequence of eliminating the use of the MBE is that now someone who does well on it cannot use that score to waive in to other states.
The Super Bowl halftime show is my annual reminder of out of of touch I am with the zeitgeist. I like a couple of Kendrick Lamar songs, but that show was not my vibe.
Unless people are such big fans that they knew the lyrics, Kendrick basically put on a PG performance with no swearing or derogatory terms used in his lyrics. If people didn’t like or understand the performance it’s because they don’t know the words to the song that he omitted.
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February 10, 2025 4:32 pm
Is anyone else having trouble with the links in efiling notices showing up as a malicious website?
Thhhhhhhwwwwwwaaaaaaaaacccccccckkkkkkkkkkk
Game was boring. Halftime show was boring. Commercials were boring. Just one big yawn for 4 hours.
You must not have seen the Dimopoulos as Batman commercial. He truly is the hero Gotham/Vegas deserves.
Oh my god you’re right, that was one of the few I just couldn’t stop laughing at. Unbelievably cringey stuff. I’ve never seen a bigger, self-obsessed nerd like SD.
I fuckin love it. The clubbing backing music. Everyone so serious in all black. Hell yeah!
At this point I think he’s appeared more on TV than he has in court
And in his down time, he’s turning in colleagues to the bar for capping. A true super hero.
Word on the street is 6+ employees walked out of the office last week. Same thing happened at L&R last week. Lost 2 of their 4 associate attorneys lol. Probably shouldn’t have laid off a giant portion of their workforce for a tax benefit.
L&R = Womble Bond Dickinson
i think its referred to lerner and roe ??
From the context I think it’s more likely to mean Lerner & Rowe 😉
LRR is Womble Bond. L&R is the guy who actually came to court one day in front of Tom Biggar without a jacket and got called on the carpet for not meeting dress code. Next attorney who stood up for his hearing apprized the commissioner that “I just call my wife when I need a call because with my wife– one call, that’s all”
Text from wife during the game: “Why can’t you be a Batman Vegas lawyer?”
For those who haven’t seen it:
https://youtu.be/vi8AcdUTDC4?si=0XIO–vp09T9Ay41
That attorney: has always seemed to be to be a massive ego.
But, i have no experience with him or his firm.
The man should be tested for cochise, the drug of choice for p.i. attorneys everywhere.
Damn the auto correct
I had a great bagel digested, not anymore!
Every time I get a decision or order back from Department 28 I am reminded that Israel is the Ron Burgundy of judges. He will read (and sign) anything that you put on that order. And when I say anything, I mean anything.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT go fuck yourself Plaintiff!
I don’t even think he’s reading them. I think it’s weekend at Bernie’s over there. No way a judge issues half the minute orders I’ve seen come out of there in the past two years.
I think he figures he will be retired by the time most of these decisions come back down from the Nevada Supreme Court.
But when he does retire, the LDS Church’s motion to intervene will still be pending.
Perhaps not. I was doomscrolling through court pleadings (as one does), and noticed that there was a wee bit of action in that case. Seems there was a minute order (unfiled) ordering the parties to a hearing today, and then a stip moving it to next week. Apparently, the minute order said Judge Israel had some more questions. Judge, if the question is, “Who keeps bringing this up on that blasted law blawg?” just know that I won’t be in the room.
Rhode Island D.C. one step closer to telling someone in the Executive Branch to show up to court with a packed toothbrush. The Order entered today requires the Executive to restore frozen funding, immediately end any federal funding pause, to take every step necessary to effectuate the TRO, not to pause any funds based on pronouncements pausing funding, and immediately restore withheld funds. Case is 25-cv-00039-JJM-PAS. I’d include a link, but links seem to be verboten at times.
The courts don’t matter anymore.
Yes. That precedent was sent a couple of years ago.
If you are the DOJ attorney asked to show up for this, do you just resign and withdraw now, or go ahead and turn in your license?
You are optimistic (and, no offense, a bit naive) to thing that such an attorney would face consequences in Donald Trump’s America.
Is there a return date for a status check? With language that strong, that’d be expected, and the Judge would be a fool not to have one based on Trump’s likely attempts to see what and how much they can get away with.
What’s a judge going to do at a status check? Scold Trump into compliance? Neither branch of government has the ability to check him.
Update: The government is appealing the TRO. Yes, appealing a TRO. When the briefing for the is scheduled to be completed in 3 days, and a hearing is scheduled for next Friday.
I wouldn’t want to be the DOJ trying to explain why I thought a TRO was appealable in this instance.
I haven’t paid a ton of attention but whats this “Nevada plan” the bar just sent an email about? Is it replacing the bar exam in 2017?
Where have you been the past two years? Yes, the bar exam will be reduced to a single 100 question multiple choice exam. No essay. The real estates salesperson exam is 120 questions.
We all had opportunity to voice our opinion’s and comment to the NSC. We collectively blew it.
Traditional Bar is donezo in Nevada. I’m pretty sure beginning 2026 they’re doing the mini-100 multiple choice test for 1Ls, followed by supervised practice and the performance test. That’s it.
I will be about donezo with practicing by 2026, so good timing.
Take back your bar. Wake up folks. This is the result of LGBTQ woke shit from a Boyd Professor Joan Howarth. She wrote a book that premises the bar exam is discriminatory to women and minorities. The bar exam must be reformed. What a bunch of B.S.. The Board of Bar Examiners, the Board of Governors and some Supreme Court Justices are on board with this. So is Richard Trachok, the Chair.
There will be no essays on the bar exam. Can you imagine? Instead there will be some performance tests. The proponents of this claim they don’t want to test memorization of rules and law. WTF. Instead they should have just replaced the MBE with their own multiple choice. Keep the essays and the PT. The President of the State Bar is all in on this. What a crock. Since when is any test job related?. No such thing. The grading of practicing is too subjective to be meaningful. Yes it is a joke.
And yes, members of the bar did not submit comments or organize against this insanity.
What will the malpractice insurance look like after 2026 for these half-a**ed attorneys?
They wont get it, just like the half assed licensees in California.
Side bar: Do we think that T. Matt Phillips carries E&O coverage?
Phillips isn’t a NV atty. In this state he only reps himself.
Objection. Lacks relevance and nonresponsive.
You bring up such a gossipy point. I absolutely love that T. Matt Phillips was declared a vexatious litigant by Judge Almase as a pro per in Clark County and that said status was reported to the California bar. Time will tell how his personal behavior in his self-representation in Nevada affects his California license.
Dan Waite and Shannon Wilson have truly done a service to this community and our courts with their efforts to lock down this guy.
Who has time to follow this middle school gossip nonsense? I watched 5 minutes of one of those videos and turned it off. TMP has delusions of grandeur, end of story. Not interesting.
Perhaps. But it was entertaining as fuck. . . . .
Entertaining, how? By being a trainwreck and a spectacle?
Sure. And in pointing out what a joke our Judiciary is (tragic though it may be). These judges cowered and recused themselves whenever he threatened or filed against them.
Disagree: They will get coverage, and all of our insurance premiums will increase.
Members of the academy have far too much influence on the profession, here in Nevada and nationally. These people live in a theoretical dreamland, detached from the reality of the law.
Does the bar exam really have any indication as to how you will be as an attorney? Or are we just gatekeeping because “we had to do it” ? I”l bet everyone in here knows an attorney who is just horrific. They, too, had to pass the bar exam.
It will be far worse with a pass through bar exam that does not even test how to think, how to spot issues or to write. We will soon see how much dumber the attorneys will become with an easy bar. They won’t need to know any law just show up and go through the motions.
Reasonably objection and thoughtful question.
However, making the Exam a shadow of its former difficulty will, without question, attract the lesser intellects toward the profession. The impact on the profession as a whole will be the immeasurable dilution of both quality and skill. These folks will then run (and win) and apply (and be appointed) for our bench.
By the time we really feel it, it will be too late and tremendous damage will be done. What are we going to do, revoke the licenses of the dummies that passed the easy test?
An (unintended?) consequence of eliminating the use of the MBE is that now someone who does well on it cannot use that score to waive in to other states.
No bar exam, what a mother loving joke. State Bar management and NSCt have lost their marbles. Who thinks this crap up and who approves it?
I googled “is Kendrick a mumble rapper?” the internet confirmed he is not a mumble rapper, i just can’t hear anything he says because i’m deaf.
The Super Bowl halftime show is my annual reminder of out of of touch I am with the zeitgeist. I like a couple of Kendrick Lamar songs, but that show was not my vibe.
Unless people are such big fans that they knew the lyrics, Kendrick basically put on a PG performance with no swearing or derogatory terms used in his lyrics. If people didn’t like or understand the performance it’s because they don’t know the words to the song that he omitted.
Is anyone else having trouble with the links in efiling notices showing up as a malicious website?
How quickly or slowly are your rule 16s getting set?
Arrested immigrants? Not misleading at all.