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Michael Villani
Michael Villani was a judge for Department 17 of the Nevada 8th Judicial District Court. He assumed office on April 9, 2007. He left office on July 15, 2022.
Villani ran for re-election for the Department 17 judge of the Nevada 8th Judicial District Court. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Clark County, Nevada (2020)
General election
General election for Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 17
Incumbent Michael Villani defeated Anna Albertson in the general election for Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 17 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michael Villani (Nonpartisan) | 51.6 | 387,145 |
 | Anna Albertson (Nonpartisan)  | 48.4 | 362,894 | |
| Total votes: 750,039 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Michael Villani and Anna Albertson advanced from the primary for Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 17.
2014
See also: Nevada judicial elections, 2014
Villani ran for re-election to the Eighth Judicial District Court.
Primary: He was elected without opposition in the primary on June 10, 2014.
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michael Villani did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Education
Villani received his undergraduate degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in 1979. He earned his J.D. from the California Western School of Law in 1982.[3]
Career
Before he joined the Eighth Judicial District Court, Villani worked as an attorney in private practice, specializing in criminal defense, personal injury, and insurance law. He also previously served as a deputy district attorney, as a justice of the peace pro tem, as a small claims court judge and as an alternate municipal court judge.[3]
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. 77 percent of respondents voted in favor of keeping Villani on the bench. The average vote in favor of retention for all 88 judges evaluated was 71 percent.[4]
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Clark County Nevada, "Election: Candidate Filing in Clark County," accessed February 13, 2014 Select "Election Year: 2014"
- ↑ Silver State Election Night Results, "2014 Primary Election Results - Judicial," accessed June 11, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedbio - ↑ 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
