Janet Berry
Janet Berry was a judge on the Second Judicial District Court in Nevada. She was appointed to the court effective January 17, 1996.[1] Berry retired in April 2017.[2]
Biography
Berry received her undergraduate degree from California State University at Sacramento and her J.D. degree from Tulane University.[3]
Berry was admitted to practice law in Louisiana, California, and Nevada. Berry served as a law clerk at the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Louisiana and at the Nevada Supreme Court before entering the private practice of law with Davenport & Perry. Her private practice experience included trial, appellate, and administrative law. In 1992, she was appointed to the Reno Municipal Court. In 1996, Berry was appointed to the Second Judicial District Court and ran unopposed for a full term in 1997.[3]
She served as the chief judge of the Second Judicial District Court from 2000 to 2002.[3]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 2000: Nevada District Judges Association Distinguished Jurist Education Award; Faculty Service Award, National Judicial College
- 1995: Reno Business and Professional Women's Woman of the Year Award
- 1993: Hawkins Foundation Scholarship
- 1993: Truckee Meadows Human Service Award as Politician of the Year
Associations
- President, Nevada District Judges Association (2000-2001)
- Member, State Domestic Violence Task Force, the Nevada State Bar Committee on Lawyer Advertising
- Member, Urban Workload Assessment Commission
- Member, Washoe County Criminal Advisory Committee
- Member, Washoe County Drug Court Advisory Committee
- Member, Nevada Supreme Court Jury Improvement Commission and the State's Judicial Council
- Member, National Judicial College Board of Trustees (1997-2002)
- Faculty member, National Judicial College and National Council for Juvenile and Family Court Judges
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, American Judges Association
- Member, American Judicature Society
- Member, National Association of Women Judges
- Member, Nevada Distinct Judges Association
- Member, Northern Nevada Women Lawyers
- Member, Washoe County Bar Association [3]
Elections
2014
See also: Nevada judicial elections, 2014
Berry ran for re-election to the Second Judicial District Court.
Primary: She was elected without opposition in the primary on June 10, 2014.
[4][5]
See also
External links
- Nevada Second Judicial District Court, "Judge Janet J. Berry Biography"
- Nevada Second Judicial District Court
Footnotes
- ↑ Nevada Judiciary, "Dates of Office," accessed March 30, 2015
- ↑ The National Judicial College, "Reno judge, NJC faculty Berry to retire," March 16, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Nevada Second Judicial District Court, "Judge Janet J. Berry Biography," accessed October 13, 2014
- ↑ Silver State Election Night Results, "2014 Primary Election Results - Judicial," accessed June 11, 2014
- ↑ Washoe County Nevada, "2014 List of Candidates Who Have Filed for Office"
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
