Christy Craig
Christy Craig is a judge for Department 32 of the Nevada 8th Judicial District Court. She assumed office on January 4, 2021. Her current term ends on January 4, 2027.
Craig ran for election for the Department 32 judge of the Nevada 8th Judicial District Court. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Craig completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Christy Craig was born in Fort Benning, Georgia. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), in 1993, and a J.D. from the California Western School of Law in 1996. Her professional experience includes working as the Clark County public defender and as an adjunct professor at UNLV Boyd School of Law. She was also a medical technician for more than a decade. Craig is a member of the Local Law Enforcement Advisory Committee and the Social Services Citizen's Advisory Committee.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Clark County, Nevada (2020)
General election
General election for Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 32
Christy Craig defeated incumbent Rob Bare in the general election for Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 32 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Christy Craig (Nonpartisan)  | 55.0 | 391,947 |
 | Rob Bare (Nonpartisan) | 45.0 | 320,448 | |
| Total votes: 712,395 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Rob Bare and Christy Craig advanced from the primary for Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 32.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Christy Craig completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Craig's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I have the right experience with more than 2 decades as a trial lawyer. The District Court is a trial court and needs experienced trial lawyers on the bench.
- I will work with the Eighth Judicial District Administration to ensure that the public has access both in person and electronically and that the courts continue to anticipate and prepare for the future.
- I will work hard to be a good judge and strive to be a great one.
I participated in the establishment of the Mental Health Court diversionary program. Understanding the importance of the program, I agreed to represent every defendant in the program in additional to my main job on the murder team. I continued that work for more than a decade. I am a founding member of the Lake's Crossing Task Force(LCTF) charged with charged with identifying solutions to various problems associated with the treatment of mentally-ill, incompetent defendants in Clark County. Issues considered by the LCTF included the backlog of in-custody defendants awaiting treatment; triaging defendants awaiting treatment; alternative treatment/placement options; legal and medical barriers to treatment; and treatment of profoundly disabled detainees.
I admired their judicial temperament. Their patience in often trying circumstances, open-mindedness, courtesy, tact, courage, punctuality, firmness, understanding, compassion, humility and common sense.
Integrity to not be influenced by the identity, race, gender, political status, wealth, or relationship of the party or lawyer before the judge.
Well researched and well thought out decisions based solely on the law.
Timely decisions.
Efficient and effective courtroom.
3.5 It was evident that the judge weighed all evidence and arguments fairly before rendering a decision.
3.4 The judge accurately applied the law, the rules of procedure, and/or the rules of evidence.
3.6 The judge's explanation of the basis for their decision was clear.
His lack of significant trial experience shows. According to the website Our Nevada Judges, nearly half of Mr. Bare's published opinions have been reversed. This is not only a travesty of justice for the litigants but a huge expense to taxpayers who foot the bill for the remand.
For example:
Paulos v FCH1, 136 Nev. 18 (2020) (Hardesty) finding that the district court failed to make any findings of facts or conclusions of law on the issues before the district court the Nevada Supreme Court was unable to conclude that the court's ruling was legally correct.
Grupo Famsa, S.A. DE C.V. v Eighth Judicial District Court and Judge Rob Bare, 132 Nev. 334 (2016) (Hardesty) which found that the "district court failed to conduct the necessary fact-finding to determine whether service was constitutionally sufficient."
https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/the-complete-2019-judicial-performance-evaluation-results/
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/judicial-performance-evaluation
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 16, 2020
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
