Bill Potter
Bill Potter was a judge for Department M of the Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division. He assumed office on January 1, 2007. He left office on January 3, 2021.
Elections
2014
See also: Nevada judicial elections, 2014
Potter ran for re-election to the Eighth Judicial District Court.
General: He defeated James Stuart in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 65.3 percent of the vote.
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Education
Potter received his undergraduate degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in 1993 and his J.D. from the Brigham Young University Law School in 1996.[2]
Career
Potter worked as an attorney in private practice from 1996 until his election to the Eighth Judicial District Court in 2006.[2]
Noteworthy events
Suspended by ethics commission (2017)
On November 22, 2017, Potter was suspended for two months without pay by the Nevada Commission of Judicial Discipline. The suspension was in response to actions that Potter took in 2015 when he raised his voice and ordered a lawyer in his court to be handcuffed. [3]
As of April 29, 2022, Ballotpedia staff could not identify a statement from Bill Potter in response to his suspension.
2013 judicial performance evaluation
In 2013, the Las Vegas Review-Journal sponsored a survey of 902 lawyers who rated Nevada Supreme Court justices and judges located in Clark County. 59 percent of respondents voted in favor of keeping Potter on the bench. The average vote in favor of retention for all 88 judges evaluated was 71 percent.[4]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Clark County Nevada, "Election: Candidate Filing in Clark County," accessed February 13, 2014 Select "Election Year: 2014"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedbio - ↑ Review Journal, "Ethics panel suspends Clark County Family Court judge," accessed April 29, 2022
- ↑ Las Vegas Review Journal, "2013 Judicial Performance Evaluation," accessed September 23, 2014
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Nevada • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Nevada
State courts:
Nevada Supreme Court • Nevada Court of Appeals • Nevada District Courts • Nevada Justice Courts • Nevada Municipal Courts • Clark County Family Court, Nevada
State resources:
Courts in Nevada • Nevada judicial elections • Judicial selection in Nevada
