The A’s are purchasing land for a stadium on the site of the ofd Wild.West Casino—exactly the location everyone wants another stadium and more traffic. [TNI; RJ]
Even Knievel display triggers lawsuit against Iowa museum. [Nevada Current]
Alice Denton to confirm sale of Paddock’s land, destruction of guns. [RJ]
Eldorado student accused of attacking teacher agrees to plea deal. [KTNV]
End of life bill passes Nevada Senate by 1 vote. [8NewsNow]
Las Vegas should pursue an expansion team, not the A's. The A's are one of the worst ownership groups in all of professional sports. Those owners are rent-seekers, maximizing profit by creating the smallest possible payroll while suckling off MLB revenue sharing. These people suck and are not worthy of Las Vegas. Las Vegas dominates the other cities seeking an expansion team- Portland, Salt Lake, Nashville & Charlotte. Let's get a winning ownership group together and do this right. With the combined local and tourist demand, the premier stage of the Strip, the A's need us far, far more than we need them. We can do better than the A's. Our elected officials should not be so enamored with taking *any* MLB franchise that we don't end up with the *best* MLB franchise for Vegas.
This is crazy. You can run an MLB franchise into the ground and get a $500M government handout in public funds. Insanity. People won't realize how shitty these people are until the A's are finishing 5th in the AL West year after year.
No one else wants them, so we should be able to get them at a discount, right? Nope! $500 million in incentives, plus whatever else our politicos want to hand over so that we can have the worst franchises in 2 different sports.
Fully agree 9:46. One of the worst ownership groups in MLB for the last couple of decades. Cheap out all the time. Build up a team that is competitive about once every 5-6 years and immediate fire sale before they have to pay anyone. They are essentially acting like a AAA team developing prospects for the rest of the league.
I miss Wild Wild West. Cheap liquor, interesting characters, great food. Traffic will be very interesting. A few more tent cities and double my commuting time again, and we will be that much closer to being East LA!
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April 20, 2023 5:23 pm
WTF is with Republican governors bending over backwards to give tax money to billionaires?
Not to diminish the efforts of Sisolak to hose Clark County taxpayers in order to bring in the Raiders, but Sandoval was the Governor when the Raiders happened.
And Sisolak was Chair of the Clark County Commission when soliciting the Raiders and has been governor during numerous solicitations. Sisolak ran on all of his efforts to thrown at bringing major league sports to Nevada. Like I said, not a partisan issue when it comes to public monies.
Neither can get their shit together and we all get screwed!
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April 20, 2023 8:05 pm
I know that we talk about discipline cases here alot but this one is bonkers (in a way). On September 12, 2019, Attorney Randal Leonard gets a 6 months and 1 day suspension (with the 1 day suspended subject to 2 years of probate free of any violations). Case 78632. That 1 day is important because it is the difference between petitioning for reinstatement and not having to petition. Serves the 6 months without issue.
However during the probation he picks up a new complaint that he did not diligently prosecute a bankruptcy which cost his clients $84. Leonard signs a conditional guilty plea for an additional 6 month suspension; NSC finds that the baseline discipline is suspension and rejects that discipline over the $84 issue as too lenient. (Case 84705).
Instead in Case 86084 the NSC approves a CGP that imposes a Public Reprimand and the 1 remaining day on the earlier suspension. The Court finds now that the baseline sanction is reprimand for the same conduct that the NSC earlier said the baseline is suspension (because now the conduct is negligent rather than knowing).
Why would a public reprimand and 1 day suspension be harsher than a 6 month suspension? Because now he has to petition for reinstatement that will cost him easily a year round trip. This is how bassackwards our discipline system is.
I didn't check, but second NSC decision probably was from a different court with different mix of justices. Defense counsel probably saw the opening and took it.
I don’t know the guy, but this is ridiculous. Different standards for different people. Totally inconsistent. OBC thinks every bar complaint should result in suspension. DH has made practicing law in this hell hole 100x worse. I’m moving to Arizona or anywhere other than here.
1:29…. No he ended up with a discipline that looks less (1 day vs. 6 months) but will cost him more time because now he has to go through the bureaucracy of the entire reinstatement process.
3:04– "6 months or less" and you automatically come back active on the 1st day after 6 months. "6 months and a day or more" means that you have to petition for reinstatement which means file a petition, OBC does due diligence and investigation. OBC schedules a reinstatement hearing where attorney bears the burden of clear and convincing evidence that attorney should be reinstated. That decision then must be sent up to the Nevada Supreme Court for review. The Nevada Supreme Court allows briefing and then makes a decision at its leisure.
To give you an idea of how long the round trip takes, Leonard's discipline was rejected on August 4, 2022 which would have started the clock on a new discipline hearing. New discipline filed on February 8, 2023. Since there was no briefing, the new decision was issued April 18, 2023 (so that his one day to serve was April 19). He now is staring down 8-12 months for reinstatement if he filed the Petition for Reinstatement today. So that 1 day suspension is going to cost him another year assuming OBC does not contest reinstatement. If OBC contests reinstatement, it can take substantially longer.
Does one have to feign remorse etc after 6mo 1day or can they still argue innocence if they did in first place? What is real works criteria for the OBC to not object
2. Procedure for reinstatement. . . . .An attorney may be reinstated or readmitted only if the attorney demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence the following criteria, or if not, presents good and sufficient reason why the attorney should nevertheless be reinstated or readmitted:
(a) Full compliance with the terms and conditions of all prior disciplinary orders;
(b) The attorney has neither engaged in nor attempted to engage in the unauthorized practice of law during the period of suspension;
(c) Any physical or mental disability or infirmity existing at the time of suspension has been removed; if alcohol or other drug abuse was a causative factor in the attorney’s misconduct, the attorney has pursued appropriate treatment, has abstained from the use of alcohol or other drugs for a stated period of time, generally not less than one year, and is likely to continue to abstain from alcohol or other drugs;
(d) The attorney recognizes the wrongfulness and seriousness of the misconduct resulting in the suspension;
(e) The attorney has not engaged in any other professional misconduct since suspension;
(f) Notwithstanding the conduct for which the attorney was disciplined, the attorney has the requisite honesty and integrity to practice law; and
(g) The attorney has kept informed about recent developments in the law and is competent to practice.
Within 60 days after the hearing concludes, bar counsel shall file the record of the proceedings, together with the panel’s findings and recommendation, with the supreme court. Receipt of the record shall be acknowledged in writing by the supreme court clerk.
The attorney or bar counsel shall have 30 days from the date the supreme court acknowledges receipt of the record within which to file an opening brief or otherwise advise the court if he or she intends to contest the hearing panel’s findings and recommendations. If an opening brief is filed, briefing shall thereafter proceed in accordance with NRAP 31(a). Extensions of time to file briefs are disfavored and will only be granted upon a showing of good cause. The parties shall not be required to prepare an appendix, but rather shall cite to the record of the reinstatement proceedings. If no opening brief is filed, the matter will be submitted for decision on the record without briefing or oral argument.
Yes, LBBS treats its associates like absolute garbage.
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April 21, 2023 4:20 pm
Why is it that he who shall not be named is allowed to come on here and repeatedly bash a certain attorney by using said attorney’s initials, but when I post a real comment regarding the rulings, inclinations, and reputation of a certain judge, my comments get deleted. It’s actually useful information to know how judges are inclined to rule when you’re evaluating a case.
I didn’t see you original comment, but I assume it might be defamatory in some way? Or at risk of getting the blog sued? Don’t post anonymous and then maybe they’ll leave it up because the subject can respond to you directly if needed.
Actually the comments regarding the attorney you reference have been repeatedly taken down recently and with some frequency in spite of posts that have quoted directly from court orders against said attorney and that seemed to be pretty fair game. But being a Bloggermeister Meisterblogger is a tough job so its fair most of the time to say that they are fair most of the time.
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April 21, 2023 4:49 pm
We should have a state bar softball team. Lets have Bogs pick up the tab.
Las Vegas should pursue an expansion team, not the A's. The A's are one of the worst ownership groups in all of professional sports. Those owners are rent-seekers, maximizing profit by creating the smallest possible payroll while suckling off MLB revenue sharing. These people suck and are not worthy of Las Vegas. Las Vegas dominates the other cities seeking an expansion team- Portland, Salt Lake, Nashville & Charlotte. Let's get a winning ownership group together and do this right. With the combined local and tourist demand, the premier stage of the Strip, the A's need us far, far more than we need them. We can do better than the A's. Our elected officials should not be so enamored with taking *any* MLB franchise that we don't end up with the *best* MLB franchise for Vegas.
For better or worse, this looks like an all-but-done deal – with Lombardo's blessing. https://www.fieldofschemes.com/2023/04/20/19869/as-make-getting-500m-in-vegas-stadium-funding-teams-priority-oakland-cuts-off-talks/
This is crazy. You can run an MLB franchise into the ground and get a $500M government handout in public funds. Insanity. People won't realize how shitty these people are until the A's are finishing 5th in the AL West year after year.
No one else wants them, so we should be able to get them at a discount, right? Nope! $500 million in incentives, plus whatever else our politicos want to hand over so that we can have the worst franchises in 2 different sports.
Fully agree 9:46. One of the worst ownership groups in MLB for the last couple of decades. Cheap out all the time. Build up a team that is competitive about once every 5-6 years and immediate fire sale before they have to pay anyone. They are essentially acting like a AAA team developing prospects for the rest of the league.
See also, Max Muncy (Dodger fan here).
Thanks John J. Fisher!
"They are essentially acting like a AAA team developing prospects for the rest of the league."
I miss Wild Wild West. Cheap liquor, interesting characters, great food. Traffic will be very interesting. A few more tent cities and double my commuting time again, and we will be that much closer to being East LA!
WTF is with Republican governors bending over backwards to give tax money to billionaires?
I dont like anyone giving tax money to billionaires. But we had a D governor for the last 4 years. It is not unique to political party.
Don't be surprised. Democrats give government handouts to poor people. Republicans give government handouts to billionaires.
10:50,
Not to diminish the efforts of Sisolak to hose Clark County taxpayers in order to bring in the Raiders, but Sandoval was the Governor when the Raiders happened.
And Sisolak was Chair of the Clark County Commission when soliciting the Raiders and has been governor during numerous solicitations. Sisolak ran on all of his efforts to thrown at bringing major league sports to Nevada. Like I said, not a partisan issue when it comes to public monies.
They are all Establishment Uniparty. There is zero difference between the two.
#SaveUsRonPaul
Sandoval called a special session to write a fat check to the Raiders.
Will the Aviators have to move? I've heard conflicting reports.
I hear Oakland is looking for a squad.
Neither can get their shit together and we all get screwed!
I know that we talk about discipline cases here alot but this one is bonkers (in a way). On September 12, 2019, Attorney Randal Leonard gets a 6 months and 1 day suspension (with the 1 day suspended subject to 2 years of probate free of any violations). Case 78632. That 1 day is important because it is the difference between petitioning for reinstatement and not having to petition. Serves the 6 months without issue.
However during the probation he picks up a new complaint that he did not diligently prosecute a bankruptcy which cost his clients $84. Leonard signs a conditional guilty plea for an additional 6 month suspension; NSC finds that the baseline discipline is suspension and rejects that discipline over the $84 issue as too lenient. (Case 84705).
Instead in Case 86084 the NSC approves a CGP that imposes a Public Reprimand and the 1 remaining day on the earlier suspension. The Court finds now that the baseline sanction is reprimand for the same conduct that the NSC earlier said the baseline is suspension (because now the conduct is negligent rather than knowing).
Why would a public reprimand and 1 day suspension be harsher than a 6 month suspension? Because now he has to petition for reinstatement that will cost him easily a year round trip. This is how bassackwards our discipline system is.
I didn't check, but second NSC decision probably was from a different court with different mix of justices. Defense counsel probably saw the opening and took it.
Hard to find sympathy when he got a break and committed the same offense – regardless of the value of the offense.
I don’t know the guy, but this is ridiculous. Different standards for different people. Totally inconsistent. OBC thinks every bar complaint should result in suspension. DH has made practicing law in this hell hole 100x worse. I’m moving to Arizona or anywhere other than here.
1:29…. No he ended up with a discipline that looks less (1 day vs. 6 months) but will cost him more time because now he has to go through the bureaucracy of the entire reinstatement process.
The State Bar of Nevada OBC is as crooked as a dog's hind legs. They are the hammer and all complaints (regardless of merit) looks like a nail.
What is the process? Can the OBC just say no after the 6mo 1day?
3:04– "6 months or less" and you automatically come back active on the 1st day after 6 months. "6 months and a day or more" means that you have to petition for reinstatement which means file a petition, OBC does due diligence and investigation. OBC schedules a reinstatement hearing where attorney bears the burden of clear and convincing evidence that attorney should be reinstated. That decision then must be sent up to the Nevada Supreme Court for review. The Nevada Supreme Court allows briefing and then makes a decision at its leisure.
To give you an idea of how long the round trip takes, Leonard's discipline was rejected on August 4, 2022 which would have started the clock on a new discipline hearing. New discipline filed on February 8, 2023. Since there was no briefing, the new decision was issued April 18, 2023 (so that his one day to serve was April 19). He now is staring down 8-12 months for reinstatement if he filed the Petition for Reinstatement today. So that 1 day suspension is going to cost him another year assuming OBC does not contest reinstatement. If OBC contests reinstatement, it can take substantially longer.
Does one have to feign remorse etc after 6mo 1day or can they still argue innocence if they did in first place? What is real works criteria for the OBC to not object
SCR 116….Look at Subsection (d)
2. Procedure for reinstatement. . . . .An attorney may be reinstated or readmitted only if the attorney demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence the following criteria, or if not, presents good and sufficient reason why the attorney should nevertheless be reinstated or readmitted:
(a) Full compliance with the terms and conditions of all prior disciplinary orders;
(b) The attorney has neither engaged in nor attempted to engage in the unauthorized practice of law during the period of suspension;
(c) Any physical or mental disability or infirmity existing at the time of suspension has been removed; if alcohol or other drug abuse was a causative factor in the attorney’s misconduct, the attorney has pursued appropriate treatment, has abstained from the use of alcohol or other drugs for a stated period of time, generally not less than one year, and is likely to continue to abstain from alcohol or other drugs;
(d) The attorney recognizes the wrongfulness and seriousness of the misconduct resulting in the suspension;
(e) The attorney has not engaged in any other professional misconduct since suspension;
(f) Notwithstanding the conduct for which the attorney was disciplined, the attorney has the requisite honesty and integrity to practice law; and
(g) The attorney has kept informed about recent developments in the law and is competent to practice.
Within 60 days after the hearing concludes, bar counsel shall file the record of the proceedings, together with the panel’s findings and recommendation, with the supreme court. Receipt of the record shall be acknowledged in writing by the supreme court clerk.
The attorney or bar counsel shall have 30 days from the date the supreme court acknowledges receipt of the record within which to file an opening brief or otherwise advise the court if he or she intends to contest the hearing panel’s findings and recommendations. If an opening brief is filed, briefing shall thereafter proceed in accordance with NRAP 31(a). Extensions of time to file briefs are disfavored and will only be granted upon a showing of good cause. The parties shall not be required to prepare an appendix, but rather shall cite to the record of the reinstatement proceedings. If no opening brief is filed, the matter will be submitted for decision on the record without briefing or oral argument.
Nev. S.C.R. 116
Anyone heard what’s going on at Lewis Brisbois?
Any specific rumor or just the general ID turn over
Turns out the fungible billing units are actually fungible.
Churn 'em, burn 'em, toss 'em.
LBBS is shedding billable hours at a prodigious rate.
They are closing.
What is going on at Lewis Brisbois? Is whatever going on just in Las Vegas or nationwide?
None of this is true. 2:39 is spot on.
Treat associates like crap and they leave, who knew!
Yes, LBBS treats its associates like absolute garbage.
Why is it that he who shall not be named is allowed to come on here and repeatedly bash a certain attorney by using said attorney’s initials, but when I post a real comment regarding the rulings, inclinations, and reputation of a certain judge, my comments get deleted. It’s actually useful information to know how judges are inclined to rule when you’re evaluating a case.
I'd like to have that useful information.
I didn’t see you original comment, but I assume it might be defamatory in some way? Or at risk of getting the blog sued? Don’t post anonymous and then maybe they’ll leave it up because the subject can respond to you directly if needed.
Actually the comments regarding the attorney you reference have been repeatedly taken down recently and with some frequency in spite of posts that have quoted directly from court orders against said attorney and that seemed to be pretty fair game. But being a Bloggermeister Meisterblogger is a tough job so its fair most of the time to say that they are fair most of the time.
We should have a state bar softball team. Lets have Bogs pick up the tab.
We should have 2 teams so we can play with each other.
We should schedule a game in a nice place far and have the BOG pick up the tab.
Can the team meet diversity requirements?