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The Nevada 8th Judicial District Court resides in Nevada in Clark County. Click on the links below to learn more about the court's...

Jurisdiction

This court holds the following jurisdiction:[1]

“ The district courts have original jurisdiction over all matters excluded from the jurisdiction of the justice and municipal courts, and appellate jurisdiction in cases arising from those courts. Nevada’s district courts also have jurisdiction over juvenile justice.[2] ”

Judges


Office Name Party Date assumed office
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 1 Bita Yeager Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 2 Carli Lynn Kierny Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 3 Monica Trujillo Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 4 Nadia Krall Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 5 Veronica Barisich Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 6 Jacqueline Bluth Nonpartisan 2019
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 7 Danielle K. Pieper Nonpartisan 2023
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 8 Jessica Peterson Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 9 Maria A. Gall Nonpartisan June 27, 2022
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 10 Tierra Jones Nonpartisan
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 11 Anna Albertson Nonpartisan January 2, 2023
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 12 Michelle Leavitt Nonpartisan May 13, 2002
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 13 Mark Denton Nonpartisan 1998
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 14 Tina Talim June 13, 2024
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 15 Joseph Hardy Jr. Nonpartisan 2015
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 16 Timothy Williams Nonpartisan April 24, 2006
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 17 Jennifer Schwartz Nonpartisan January 2, 2023
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 18 Mary Kay Holthus Nonpartisan 2019
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 19 Crystal Eller Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 20 Louis Eric Johnson Nonpartisan 2015
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 21 Tara Clark Newberry Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 22 Susan Johnson Nonpartisan January 1, 2007
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 23 Jasmin Lilly-Spells Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 24 Erika Ballou Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 25 Kathleen Delaney Nonpartisan 2009
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 26 Gloria Sturman Nonpartisan January 3, 2011
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 27 Erika Mendoza September 5, 2024
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 28 Ron Israel Nonpartisan January 3, 2011
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 29 Jacob Reynolds Nonpartisan 2023
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 30 Jerry A. Wiese Nonpartisan January 3, 2011
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 31 Joanna Kishner Nonpartisan January 3, 2011
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 32 Christy Craig Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department A Mari Parladé Nonpartisan January 2, 2023
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department B Linda Marquis 2015
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department C Gregory G. Gordon Nonpartisan 2023
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department D Robert Teuton 2010
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department E Charles J. Hoskin 2009
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department F Denise L. Gentile 2015
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department G Rhonda Forsberg 2019
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department H Arthur Ritchie March 12, 1999
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department I Soonhee Bailey Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department J Dedree Butler Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department K Cynthia N. Giuliani January 5, 2009
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department L David Gibson Jr. January 11, 2019
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department M Amy Mastin Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department N Kerri J. Maxey Nonpartisan January 6, 2025
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department O Regina McConnell Nonpartisan 2023
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department P Mary Perry Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department Q Bryce C. Duckworth
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department R Bill Henderson
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department S Vincent Ochoa January 3, 2011
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department T Nadin Cutter Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department U Dawn Throne Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department V Margaret Pickard Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department W Stacy Rocheleau Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department X Heidi Almase Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department Y Stephanie Charter Nonpartisan January 4, 2021
Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department Z Michele Mercer Nonpartisan January 4, 2021


Elections

Nevada is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Nevada, click here.

Selection method

See also: Judicial selection in the states
See also: Nonpartisan election of judges

The 72 judges of the Nevada District Courts are elected to six-year terms in nonpartisan elections. To serve additional terms, judges must run for re-election.[3]

Each district court selects its chief judge to a two-year term by peer vote. Not every district court is required to select a chief judge; only in districts with populations over 100,000 are the courts required to choose one.[3]

Qualifications
To serve on the Nevada District Courts, a judge must be:[3]

  • a qualified elector;
  • a state resident for two years;
  • a district resident;
  • at least 25 years old;
  • licensed and admitted to practice law in Nevada; and
  • a licensed attorney for 15 years with at least two years in Nevada.

Judicial elections in Nevada

See also: Nevada judicial elections

Nevada is one of 12 states that uses nonpartisan elections to select judges and does not use retention elections for subsequent terms. To read more about how states use judicial elections to select judges across the country, click here.

Primary election

The primary is held on the second Tuesday in June in even-numbered years.[4]

In the nonpartisan primary, the two candidates who receive the greatest number of votes advance to the general election. Though Nevada has a closed primary system, where voters may only vote for members of their own political party, this does not impact the judicial elections, which are nonpartisan. Voters registered with either major party, or those who are not registered with any political party, may still vote for all judicial candidates in the primaries.[5][6]

If there are only two candidates who file to run for any one seat, they skip the primary and compete only in the general election.[7]

Unopposed candidates

If only one candidate files for election to any one seat, he or she must still appear on the primary ballot. They then only need at least one vote in the primary to be elected to office without appearing on the general election ballot.

Only candidates in contested elections may accept campaign contributions; unopposed judicial candidates may not.[8]

See also



External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Nevada State Legislature, "Nevada’s Court System," April 2016
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Nevada," archived October 3, 2014
  4. ↑ Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 293.175 Section 1," accessed May 1, 2014
  5. ↑ Clark County Nevada: Election: How Party Affiliation Affects You in Elections
  6. ↑ Nevada Office of Secretary of State: Notice of Offices for Which Candidates Will Be Nominated at the June 10, 2014 Primary Election
  7. ↑ Nevada Revised Statutes, "Chapter 293.260 Section 4(b)," accessed May 1, 2014
  8. ↑ Nevada Secretary of State: 2014 Nevada Judicial Election Calendar

Nevada courts

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


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