Adriana Escobar
Adriana Escobar was a judge for Department 14 of the Nevada 8th Judicial District Court. She assumed office in 2012. She left office in 2024.
Escobar ran for re-election for the Department 14 judge of the Nevada 8th Judicial District Court. She 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 14
Incumbent Adriana Escobar won election in the general election for Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 14 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Adriana Escobar (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 676,649 |
| Total votes: 676,649 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Adriana Escobar advanced from the primary for Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Department 14.
2014
See also: Nevada judicial elections, 2014
Escobar ran for re-election to the Eighth Judicial District Court.
General: She defeated Michael Root in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 70.7 percent of the vote.
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2012
Escobar defeated Michael D. Davidson in the general election on November 6, 2012, to retain her seat on the Eighth Judicial District Court. She earned 51.23 percent of the vote.[2]
- Main article: Nevada judicial elections, 2012
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Adriana Escobar did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Education
Escobar received her bachelor's degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She earned her J.D. from the California Western School of Law.[3]
Career
Prior to her appointment to the bench, Escobar was a deputy Nevada attorney general. Before beginning work for the attorney general, she was special counsel at Fox Rothschild LLP, representing clients in corporate, immigration and administrative law. Escobar has also previously worked as a public utilities commissioner and as an attorney in private practice. She became a member of the Nevada bar in 1993.[3][4]
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. 71% of respondents voted in favor of keeping Escobar on the bench. The average vote in favor of retention for all 88 judges evaluated was 71%.[5]
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, "2012 Official Election Results: Statewide/Judicial," November 27, 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 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
