Raging Bull

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  • North Las Vegas Municipal Court hired attorney Anthony Hall to help fight City Hall. [RJ]
  • It looks like UNLV and former football coach Bobby Hauck will not be able to successfully part ways without lawyers. [RJ]
  • Here’s video of Marc Randazza testifying at Friday’s hearing on SB 444.
  • Attorney Joe Brown resigned from the Nevada Gaming Commission. [News3LV]
  • Here’s a piece on attorney Jennifer Roberts and how she ended up doing gaming law at Duane Morris LLP. [RJ]
  • The NY Times has taken an interest in Nevada’s prison guards shooting guns at inmates. [NY Times]
  • Could the Nevada Legislature use a lesson on civility from the State Bar? [RJ]
  • What will become of this developing story about the district court and the guardianship process? [RJ editorial]
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April 27, 2015 8:04 pm

First? Blog is dead!!

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April 27, 2015 9:15 pm

Randazza is impressive.

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April 28, 2015 12:31 am

Let me see if I understand the issues with Norheim. He should be fired because he does not monitor the work and expenses of guardians? Of course, Nevada Judicial Cannon 2.9 specifically states there is to be no ex parte communication with the court. Then, it's apparently Norheim's fault because the County has not allocated the resources for the Court to monitor the work of private guardians. If you are not concerned about the knee jerk reaction to "fire" Norheim, you should be. Norheim is competent and follows the law. Regrettably, he is blamed when the law if flawed. If you aren't concerned about the calls to fire Norheim, you should be. Next it will be probate, discovery, and who knows what. We'll be left with a group of rubes who make decisions based on "feelings" rather than the law. In other-words, we'll have Halverson 2.0. Enjoy.

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April 28, 2015 1:45 am
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5:31 PM,

Pray tell, dear colleague, what law was Commissioner Norheim following when he followed Jared Shafer's orders and closed his court to the public?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee8XnR56gow

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April 28, 2015 3:28 am
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I have appeared before Norheim on multiple occasions, and although I have not always liked the result, he has always been prepared and fair to the parties before him. As the above poster said, it is the law that is flawed, not the commissioner.

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April 28, 2015 3:39 am
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@ 5.31. See EDCR 5.01 and 5.02.

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April 28, 2015 7:41 am
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Might try reading 5.02 again. It applies when dealing with divorce, spousal support, custody, and hookers. Not much there about closing the court when dealing with guardianship issues.

PS: Quick Draw Mclaw, what the hell is going on with the verification system? Just had to pick out the picture of sushi out of a lineup that included a vacuum cleaner.

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April 28, 2015 2:44 pm
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Re: sushi verification–that's Google's new way of making sure you're not a robot. We don't have any control over that unless you are willing to log in to comment.

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April 28, 2015 4:54 pm
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@ 12:41. Read EDCR 5.01(a) and 5.02(b) together. Private hearings permitted. Don't like it? Change the Rules. Of course you participated in all the recent meetings and sessions regarding the proposed overhaul of EDCR 5 et se1, didn't you?

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April 28, 2015 4:55 pm
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typo! Change EDCR 5 et se1 to et seq

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April 28, 2015 5:21 pm
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What on earth are you going on about? 5.01(a) permits the family court to devise their own rules for paternity, juvenile, and reciprocal support act cases with the approval of NSC. Other family court cases follow the rules in EDCR 5. 5.02(a) specifies which types of cases must be closed to the public upon request of a party. Hint: Guardianships? Ain't in that list. And then 5.02(b) provides the exception – where closing the court is appropriate (i.e. it's allowed under 5.02(a)), the court still has to allow the expert to remain if its in the BIC. If it's not a case where the party can demand the hearing be private, like a guardianship hearing, the hearing master / court should tell someone making that request exactly where they can stick it. Professionally and courteously, of course.

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April 28, 2015 5:45 pm
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Follow the campaign contributions of Schafer and his companies. Guardianship attorneys Trent, Tyrell and Associates are the resident agent for Signs of Nevada.

Although records show that some politicians sent their payments to Signs of Nevada in care of Professional Fiduciary Services, several candidates said they were unaware their checks went into Shafer’s account.

Many Signs of Nevada clients were running for judicial office — jobs that could put them in the position to hear lawsuits involving Shafer brought by guardians, wards and families of wards. At least one candidate, District Judge Rob Bare, reported receiving $7,500 in in-kind contributions from Signs of Nevada to his 2014 re-election campaign.

Bare could not be reached for comment.