Chief Judge Miranda M. Du, of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, has announced that Maximiliano D. Couvillier III was selected to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of V. Cam Ferenbach, United States Magistrate Judge in Las Vegas.
Couvillier was a founding partner of Kennedy & Couvillier, PLLC. Prior to establishing Kennedy & Couvillier, PLLC, he was a partner at Lionel Sawyer & Collins and managing partner at Black & LoBello. Couvillier served as the general counsel of the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada (2011-2013) and then as president of its Board of Directors (2014-2023). He also served as president of the Nevada Latino Bar Association and chair of the State Bar of Nevada Litigation Section.
He received his law degree from California Western School of Law, graduating cum laude, and his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California at San Diego (Thurgood Marshall College).
Couvillier will assume the position of U.S. Magistrate Judge on January 8, 2024. The term of appointment is eight years.