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- Nevada has its first presumptive case of COVID19 coronavirus. [TNI; KTNV]
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Attorney licensed out of state here. In Michigan, we have an organization, ICLE ("Your Partner in Practice"), that provides access to practical treatises on MI law. (See http://www.icle.org.) I don't believe a similar organization exists in Nevada. So, my question is: Where can I get a hold of a primer on Nevada tort law? Does such a publication even exist?
"Elements of Nevada Legal Theories" and "Nevada State Court Litigation Checklist" both available on Amazon. Also, the Nevada Civil Practice Manual, which I think is published by Michie, but I could be wrong on that. None of these are "official" publications though, so it is always best to consult or associate with someone local because there is frequently a difference between what the book says and what really happens.
Nevada Civil Practice Manual is available on Lexis.
P.S. At 10:22 AM – That's real helpful and friendly. Dude just wants to conduct some research.
http://www.NevadaInsuranceLaw.com has a good search tool if you are looking for something specific.
Also Jay Young's blog. When I am looking something up I normally go here to get some citations as jumping-off points on Westlaw:
http://nevadalaw.info/
@1:25 his state court litigation checklist book is very good too
9:53 Initial Poster here. Thank you to everybody who responded. It looks like 10:22's response was deleted. Without having seen the comment, I suspect the author lacks the professional comity we should accord each other. Again, thank you.
Associate in a NV attorney.
Off topic, but I wish to discuss the proposal to name the Appellate Court Building in honor of Justice Hardesty.
Unlike some who have posted I have a generally favorable opinion of Justice Hardesty, not only as to how he addresses the cases as a jurist, but mainly his ability to lobby legislatures and other entities for funds and support for certain highly beneficial legal projects, etc. No one does it better.
But one concern raised by some posters is that government and public buildings should not be named after living people. But there is no hard-and-fast rule on this as there have always been public buildings in Nevada, including public grade schools, named after living judges and public officials. But Hardesty himself still recognized that the whole situation is a little awkward at best, so he is certainly not publicly advocating that the building should be named after him, so I guess it is back to the drawing board as to the naming of the building.(BTW, Lloyd George Federal Court House was named after a living jurist, but that's Federal if that's any distinction).
But whether the building should be named after Justice Hardesty is kind of a distraction as there is a much more important issue no one is discussing. When the lobbying occurred for the creation of the Appellate Court we were assured the only real tax payer financial impact was to be the salary of the new Appellate Judges, and the salaries of a few new staff positons to be created. But, beyond that,we were assured the Appellate judges would "double up" and use the court house and court rooms of the Nevada Supreme Court.
We were told repeatedly that if we approved the creation of the court at the ballot box, that the legislative budget for such project would be those aforementioned salaries, but we would not be asked to finance the huge expenditure of a new appellate court house at any time in the forseeable future.
First, there is a hard and fast rule, as someone previously commented: NRS 338.200: Prohibition against naming public building or structure after current member of governing body. No public building or other public structure, other than a street or road, may be named after a person who is at the time a member of the governing body which has jurisdiction or control over the building or structure or which is responsible for it.
Second, the court was renting the top floor of the RJC from the county, now they're renting this building, but you may have a valid point.
I am glad that you have a favorable opinion of Justice Hardesty. He was a Justice from the north and has been on the Court since 2004. Gibbons is from the south where the courthouse is actually located and has been on the Court longer. Parraguirre is from the south where the courthouse is actually located and has been on the Court just as long. So why are we aggrandizing a bully from the north with naming a building in the south for him?
Justice Myron Leavitt had a park named after him (on Eastern and Sahara) while he was alive. I liked him a lot but do recall similar issues with the naming at the time (and he was a sitting Justice).
Floyd Lamb State Park was named while Floyd was alive and before he went to federal prison.
For what it's worth, naming the federal building after Lloyd D. George took an act of Congress to do, so in that light the people's representatives blessed it in at least some minimally democratic fashion. Pub. L. 106-91, 113 Stat. 1308.
RJC is referred to as the Nancy Becker debacle. A shrine should be built for Pickering.
@ 1:26…yeah, that name needs to be changed back to Tule Springs State Park
First case of reported coronavirus reported in Clark County, I would like to name it after Hardesty instead of a water fountain.
Seconded.
all in favor say aye
Has everyone seen this. Now the State Bar is promoting the unauthorized practice of law? Law clerk service in 50 states?? Posted in the e-mail today. Pasted below.
LawClerk Joins State Bar
of Nevada as Newest
Member Benefit Provider
LawClerk, a legal tech start-up company based in Nevada that connects attorneys with a network of freelance lawyers, is now a State Bar of Nevada member benefit provider.
Whether you need a research memo or a complicated appellate brief, LawClerk’s network of thousands of freelance lawyers in all 50 states has every level of experience and expertise.
The freelance lawyers – called law clerks – include former judicial clerks, stay-at-home parents, military spouses, former big law attorneys, solos, law school professors, and retired attorneys with decades of experience.
It is free to sign up and there are no monthly fees. You only pay the flat-fee price you set for each project. State Bar of Nevada members will receive a 10 percent rebate on their first three projects completed as a hiring attorney using the rebate code “NV-MEMBER.”
For more information, contact LawClerk at (888) 479-5728 or support@lawclerk.legal.
Oh no, the sky is falling.
And you assholes keep electing the same judges, justices, and BOGs to price gouge you and allow the unauthorized practice of law in this state to take business away from licemsed attorneys.
And how is Dean Dan okay with this? This hurts the local grads more than anybody.
I see so many logistical and ethical problems with Law Clerk, how did this get approved by the Bar?
I tried LawClerk to get try to get some business when I first opened my solo practice. I was new to solo, but had 10+ years of experience as an attorney. (No book of business because I was with the government.)
The amounts people were willing to pay was idiotically low. Like "here's 10,000 pages of discovery, draft a summary judgment motion. It should take you 6 hours and we'll pay you $200."
If it's still that way, I don't know how any lawyer can do that without farming it out to non-lawyers behind the curtain. It's just begging for unauthorized practice, but more importantly, just downright shitty work, which is going to ultimately harm clients.
I guess I should quit practicing law and start some kind of vaguely law-related business and get it on the Bar's "member benefit provider" list. I'd probably make more money and have a lot less stress.
I love the knee-jerk d-bags that can't wait to bash something that they know nothing about. If you take 5 minutes to really look at LawClerk you would see that the UPL issues are addressed. Its not for me but I can see the benefit for many attorneys, especially a small firm that needs help on a big project. Besides I am pretty sure one of the founders could be the "bk hottie" of ancient lore….
You are a dbag, bc you don't like law clerk? Go send one to our illustrious done at the RJC, and put a robe on it. You would get better rulings out of the lawcletks from Dubai.
So your career path after Gordon had no Silver imploded was the NRA warehouse or law clerk$? I think I will go with law clerks for $300.
Co-founded by former Gordon Silver people: The co-founders of LAWCLERK practiced together as partners at a regional firm with five offices across the West and D.C. for more than a decade. In 2015, they believed they could build a better business model and ventured out to create a boutique firm with fewer conflicts, flexible fee structures, lower overhead and improved quality of life. And while their new firm was a success beyond their most optimistic expectations, it was obvious that the model could be improved even more through the use of technology and modern hiring/staffing strategies. LAWCLERK was born from that vision and the team's desire to build technology to have the best of both worlds – all the benefits of being a boutique firm, but with a pool of exceptionally talented lawyers to draw from.
But do they have a cigar lounge for the contractors?
1:40–although I'm sure none of us appreciate being called assholes, I get that we all need to take accountability.
Many lawyers complain extensively about certain judges, justices or bar leadership, but very few lawyers are willing to throw their hat in the ring for these positons. Not just that, but usually the lawyers who complain the loudest against a certain judge, if someone viable then actually runs against such judge, the complaining lawyer seldom will make a monetary contribution to the campaign.
So, talk is cheap, but as 1:40 suggests, often lawyers do not put their money where their mouth is, or expend any real effort(beyond complaining) to remedy a situation.
Not sure how that makes us all "assholes", but whatever.
He who shall not be named wins his SLAPP suits, mostly….
73838 – Abrams v. Sanson
03/5/2020
75834 –
03/5/2020
Flew in from Los Angeles today. Both airports were not crowded at all.
Out of state client HR rep doesn't want to attend ENE in April and asked me to get appearance waived or allow her by phone or SKYPE.
Are your arms tired?
If you want to name a building after a northern Nevada Justice who epitomized compassion and respect for others, try Cameron Batjer. Anyone who ever knew him felt honored.
Agree. A prince of a man.
I named my first child after Cameron Batjer.
Coronavirus is coming for us
So is Law Clerk and the NSC. Become a barista or a teacher, at least you get benefits.
To hell with it. I'm going to book a 30-day luxury cruise for $100.