One of our readers pointed out that AB 15, which prescribes the manner for increasing the base salaries of district court judges was signed by Governor Lombardo Friday. The law will offer a significant boost to judicial pay for the winners of the 2026 general election and should entice a few more well qualified candidates to consider entering public service.
The Senate passed a bill for the A’s stadium and it’s on to the Assembly today, but not without some potential controversy. What are the odds on the outcome of this special session being challenged in court? [TNI]
U had to be there story, many years ago when I was young I was invited to a Lonnie hammergren party st Patrick’s day, He was first kinda famous person I met was lt gov etc I was a little star struck so I go to kitchen n he is in there dressed as leprechaun and the phone rang, he started going into some obvious medical instructions to someone while dressed as giant leprechaun, very nice to me and a gentlemen is how I remember that day – sorry for txting
Nevada Day in Vegas won't ever be the same. I still have pictures of me and a coworker sitting in the cockpit of the space shuttle that was on Hammergren's rooftop. I wonder if his successors will try to preserve his house and possessions for posterity.
Alternatively Lonnie's estate sale, assuming his successors have one, will be the greatest estate sale in the history of such things. Worthy of a Pawn Stars or American Pickers episode. I'd like to see some TV personalities trying to price a batmobile, sacrophagus, or dinosaur skeleton with an ET head on it.
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June 14, 2023 5:39 pm
Speaking of "You had to be there"…. You had to be there last night.
Our season tickets were going for 7x face value which made not selling them very hard. We would have gotten enough for two weeks in Europe. But there is no way around the feeling of watching your home grown team of Misfits skate the Cup and bring a major league championship to your area (no disrespect to the Aces). Magical feeling that still is bringing tingles today.
I went to the Final Four in 1990. Had the best time. We sat with the students up in the bleachers because Gucci Row got the good seats but boy was it fun!
I can’t figure out exactly how much this will increase judicial salaries but it looks like it will be higher than $160 k right? Not sure it will change quality of who applies but more money is a good thing
$160k is a modest salary for a good attorney, judicial salaries will become an even better improvement for the folks taking the bench as DAs and PDs, but will not draw successful 10-year attorneys out of private practice. You have to be an egomaniac to want to run for judge, I feel like it's time for Nevada to move to an appoint and retain model.
Appoint and retain sounds like a good idea. Still gives the voters a 'check' but doesn't let them run rampant voting in whoever has the best/most campaign banners around town.
Believe me or don't as I am an anon poster but disregarding the first 6 months after starting my own firm in family law (so the last 12 months of the first 18 months) I grossed around 400K and had very, very little overhead and costs – small office and literally one paralegal and a family member that helped run errands. I'm guessing I netted around 320K. I would never have left to be a Judge. I like to think I was good but I am sure many others would have disagreed haha
If I'm reading it right, it will set the starting salary at $160, but have the $160 base increase in 2027 by the previous 18 years' worth of COLAs for classified state employees, and then every 6 years after by the same COLAs. So basically, in 2027 it brings the $160k up by whatever the previous 18 years of COLAs was, and rather than having the $160k sit there for another decade or two that starting figure will continue to adjust with the COLAs. Of course, it's not based on actual CPI, but instead what COLAs state employees got, which has pretty much always been less than real CPI.
Then the 22% max pay increase for longevity for individual judges will increase along with the future increases in the base pay. Not quite $400k bit swingin solo territory, but it looks decent. Anybody in the judiciary figure out what the cumulative COLAs for classifieds have been since 2009?
@344
My experience was very much the same (although I was not strictly family law) and I would never have left the perks and the money of solo practice for $160k and a PERS.
Based on the fiscal note that was attached to the bill, looks like the starting salary will be between 179 and 195. I assume the difference is based on longevity but it's unclear.
I have divided opinions here. On one hand, we won’t get better judges without increasing the salary. On the other hand, this state has a long and storied habit of electing substandard individuals to the bench, based primarily on how good looking the candidate is on their campaign signs. I don’t know that I want to pay the current crop any more than they’re making.
U had to be there story, many years ago when I was young I was invited to a Lonnie hammergren party st Patrick’s day, He was first kinda famous person I met was lt gov etc I was a little star struck so I go to kitchen n he is in there dressed as leprechaun and the phone rang, he started going into some obvious medical instructions to someone while dressed as giant leprechaun, very nice to me and a gentlemen is how I remember that day – sorry for txting
Nevada Day in Vegas won't ever be the same. I still have pictures of me and a coworker sitting in the cockpit of the space shuttle that was on Hammergren's rooftop. I wonder if his successors will try to preserve his house and possessions for posterity.
Alternatively Lonnie's estate sale, assuming his successors have one, will be the greatest estate sale in the history of such things. Worthy of a Pawn Stars or American Pickers episode. I'd like to see some TV personalities trying to price a batmobile, sacrophagus, or dinosaur skeleton with an ET head on it.
Speaking of "You had to be there"…. You had to be there last night.
Our season tickets were going for 7x face value which made not selling them very hard. We would have gotten enough for two weeks in Europe. But there is no way around the feeling of watching your home grown team of Misfits skate the Cup and bring a major league championship to your area (no disrespect to the Aces). Magical feeling that still is bringing tingles today.
Sounds like an awesome time l, not sure if you’re old enough but was the spirit like when unlv won back in 91 or whenever it was
1990
I went to the Final Four in 1990. Had the best time. We sat with the students up in the bleachers because Gucci Row got the good seats but boy was it fun!
Those were great times
I can’t figure out exactly how much this will increase judicial salaries but it looks like it will be higher than $160 k right? Not sure it will change quality of who applies but more money is a good thing
$160k is a modest salary for a good attorney, judicial salaries will become an even better improvement for the folks taking the bench as DAs and PDs, but will not draw successful 10-year attorneys out of private practice. You have to be an egomaniac to want to run for judge, I feel like it's time for Nevada to move to an appoint and retain model.
Appoint and retain sounds like a good idea. Still gives the voters a 'check' but doesn't let them run rampant voting in whoever has the best/most campaign banners around town.
Believe me or don't as I am an anon poster but disregarding the first 6 months after starting my own firm in family law (so the last 12 months of the first 18 months) I grossed around 400K and had very, very little overhead and costs – small office and literally one paralegal and a family member that helped run errands. I'm guessing I netted around 320K. I would never have left to be a Judge. I like to think I was good but I am sure many others would have disagreed haha
If I'm reading it right, it will set the starting salary at $160, but have the $160 base increase in 2027 by the previous 18 years' worth of COLAs for classified state employees, and then every 6 years after by the same COLAs. So basically, in 2027 it brings the $160k up by whatever the previous 18 years of COLAs was, and rather than having the $160k sit there for another decade or two that starting figure will continue to adjust with the COLAs. Of course, it's not based on actual CPI, but instead what COLAs state employees got, which has pretty much always been less than real CPI.
Then the 22% max pay increase for longevity for individual judges will increase along with the future increases in the base pay. Not quite $400k bit swingin solo territory, but it looks decent. Anybody in the judiciary figure out what the cumulative COLAs for classifieds have been since 2009?
@344
My experience was very much the same (although I was not strictly family law) and I would never have left the perks and the money of solo practice for $160k and a PERS.
Based on the fiscal note that was attached to the bill, looks like the starting salary will be between 179 and 195. I assume the difference is based on longevity but it's unclear.
I have divided opinions here. On one hand, we won’t get better judges without increasing the salary. On the other hand, this state has a long and storied habit of electing substandard individuals to the bench, based primarily on how good looking the candidate is on their campaign signs. I don’t know that I want to pay the current crop any more than they’re making.
Anyone who runs for judge for the money is doing it wrong. You do it for the graft.
Fuckin' A's, man.