Douglas E. Smith
Douglas E. Smith is a former judge on the Eighth Judicial District Court in Nevada. He was elected to the court on November 4, 2008, and took office on January 5, 2009.[1][2] Smith retired from the bench on April 12, 2019.[3]
Elections
2014
See also: Nevada judicial elections, 2014
Smith ran for re-election to the Eighth Judicial District Court.
General: He defeated Christine Guerci-Nyhus in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 56.0 percent of the vote.
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Education
Smith received his bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University and his J.D. from Whittier College School of Law in California.[1]
Career
Smith was a justice of peace from 1995 until 2008. Prior to that, he was a prosecutor with the district attorney's office in Clark County, and a public defender in Clark County.[1]
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. 48 percent of respondents voted in favor of keeping Smith on the bench. The average vote in favor of retention for all 88 judges evaluated was 71 percent.[5]
See also
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Las Vegas Review Journal, "Video tells a different story about judge's confrontation in case," April 22, 2013
- Las Vegas Sun, "Judge to rule soon on Las Vegas medical marijuana co-op case" September 16, 2011
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Clark County Courts, "Douglas Smith biography," accessed April 2, 2015
- ↑ Nevada Judiciary, "Dates of Office," accessed March 30, 2015
- ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Longtime Las Vegas Judge Doug Smith retires," April 11, 2019
- ↑ Clark County Nevada, "Election: Candidate Filing in Clark County," accessed February 13, 2014 Select "Election Year: 2014"
- ↑ 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
