On August 23, 2024, the Eighth Judicial District Court issued Administrative Order 24-07 extending hours of operation and designating three district court judges to serve on a special committee designated to individually preside on a randomly-generated rotational basis over any election-related actions filed beginning at 7:00 a.m. on November 5. 2024 and ending at 12:00 […]
On August 9, 2024, the Eighth Judicial District Court issued Administrative Order 24-05, reassigning one hundred cases currently assigned to Department 11 and forty cases currently assigned to Department 4. These cases will be reassigned to Department 21 from randomly selected new cases filed during the period from March 1, 2024 to the present. A […]
On August 9, 2024, the Eighth Judicial District Court issued Administrative Order: 24-06, describing the case types and general duties for each respective presiding judge, pursuant to EDCR 1.30(6), as amended by the Nevada Supreme Court Order filed April 26, 2024 and effectuated on June 25, 2024. For more information, see the full text of […]
U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Maximiliano D. Couvillier III will be ceremonially sworn in at an investiture at 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 26, in the jury assembly room at the Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas. Couvillier is a founding partner of Kennedy & Couvillier, PLLC. Prior to establishing that firm, he […]
On August 2, 2024, the Eighth Judicial District Court issued Administrative Order 24-04, which establishes the role of Lead Juvenile Delinquency Judge and reassigns juvenile delinquency cases between court departments. According to the order, Judge Linda Marquis became the lead juvenile delinquency judge effective August 5, 2024. She will supervise all juvenile delinquency matters, emancipation […]
On July 31, 2024, the Eighth Judicial District Court issued Administrative Order 24-03, reassigning 57 medical malpractice cases currently assigned to Department 8. These cases will be reassigned to Departments 1, 7, 15, 20, 21, and 25. For more information, see the full text of the order.
The Nevada Supreme Court has issued an order inviting public comments in Administrative Order ADKT 0594 regarding the administration of the Nevada Bar Exam. The Nevada bar examination is currently comprised of a multistate multiple choice exam (MBE) constructed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) and essay questions and performance tests created by […]
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On June 7, 2024, the Nevada Supreme Court issued an order in ADKT 0580 amending the Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure. The amended rules are effective prospectively on August 15, 2024, as to all pending cases and cases initiated after that date. The court further ordered that these amended rules shall control when conflicts arise […]
The State Bar of Nevada was extremely saddened to hear of the unexpected passing of federal Judge Larry R. Hicks as the result of a car collision yesterday, May 29, near the Bruce R. Thompson Federal Courthouse in Reno. Judge Hicks had served on the bench for the U.S. District Court for the District of […]
