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A Total Of 12 New Jurists Join The Eighth Judicial District Court And The Las Vegas Township Justice Court

Twelve new judges will take the bench this January in the Eighth Judicial District Court and the Las Vegas Township Justice Court.

The Nevada Legislature and the Clark County Commission added judges to the courts in response to population growth in Clark County. Six of the new District Court Judges will take the bench in the Family Division, while four new judges join the Civil/Criminal Division of the District Court. Two justices of the peace join the Las Vegas Township Justice Court.

In the District Court, Judges Abbi Silver and Douglas Smith join the court from the Las Vegas Township Justice Court and will serve at the Regional Justice Center as Civil/Criminal Judges. Judge Linda Bell replaces her father, Stewart Bell, in the District Court and will serve in Department 7. Judge Kathleen
Delaney joins the Civil/Criminal Division in the newly created Department 25.

Judges Kenneth Pollock, Frank Sullivan, Cynthia Giuliani, Bill Henderson, Mathew Harter and Bryce Duckworth will serve as Family Court Judges at the Family Court’s Pecos Avenue Courthouse.

A former law clerk at the Eighth Judicial District Court, Eric Goodman fills the newly created Department 11 in the Las Vegas Township Justice Court. A native of Nevada, Diana L. Sullivan brings experience as a small claims court referee to Justice Court’s Department 12.

In addition to the new judges, three new commissioners and hearing masters join the courts. Wesley Yamashita serves as Probate Commissioner, while Tom Kurtz and Bridgid Duffy serve as Family Court Hearing Masters.

District Court Judge Sally Loehrer has granted a petition for post conviction relief for Margaret Rudin, convicted in 2001 of murdering her husband. Loehrer concluded after a lengthy hearing that Rudin is eligible for a new trial. The case returns for a status check at 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 29, 2009 for the setting of a new trial date.

Rudin was convicted by a Clark County Jury in May 2001 of the murder of 64-year-old Ron Rudin. The jury convicted Rudin of murder with use of a deadly weapon and she was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 20 years.

District Court Judge Jackie Glass ordered all of the defendants in State v. Simpson to pay victim Bruce Fromong restitution in the amount of $3,560 for their participation in the armed robbery and kidnapping in September 2007 at the Palace Station Hotel. In addition, the Joe Montana lithographs removed from the hotel room will be returned to Mr. Fromong.

All of the other property presented as evidence in the case will be turned over in the coming weeks to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Civil Division as part of a turnover order signed by a California Superior Court Judge in October 2007.

Fromong had sought in excess of $100,000 for property loss and expected medical bills related to the 2007 robbery.

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• Amended Restitution - Part One
• Amended Restitution - Part Two

Effective February 1, 2009, all affidavits of complaint in a summary eviction actions must, in accordance with NRS 40.253(5)(a)(9), include a copy of the signed written rental agreement, if one exists. The copy of the rental agreement must be 8 ½ by 11 inches in size. If the landlord’s affidavit of complaint indicates that a written rental agreement exists and a copy is not attached, the deputy clerks have been instructed to reject the filing.
On December 15, 2009, the Las Vegas Justice Court implemented electronic eviction orders. Eviction orders are now being generated and sent to the Constable’s office electronically. As such, there is no longer a need to submit paper orders.

WHAT: Sunrise Children’s Hospital Toy Drive.

WHEN: Tuesday (Dec. 16), 12 noon.

WHERE: Sunrise Children’s Hospital, 3186 South Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89109.

EVENT: The Chief Judges of the Clark County Courts will deliver toys to patients at Sunrise Children’s Hospital. These dolls, trucks, DVDs and other items were donated by the employees of the Eighth Judicial District Court and the Las Vegas Township Justice Court to cheer up children ill during the holiday season.

Judges will be available for interviews surrounded by the donated toys at 10 a.m. Tuesday (Dec. 16) morning in the Court Administration Offices of the Regional Justice Center, 200 Lewis Avenue, Las Vegas. Video or photography of the judges passing out toys to the children must be coordinated prior to the event with Ashlee Seymour, Sunrise Children’s Hospital, (702) 279-8675. Cameras should meet in Sunrise Children’s Lobby at 12:00 pm

CONTACT: Michael Sommermeyer, Court Information Officer, (702) 671-4534.

Top Ten Offenders Fail To Contact The Court

The Las Vegas Township Justice Court’s Pay the Ticket, Avoid the Click-it Campaign has improved the number of people paying past due traffic tickets by 15 percent since the campaign began November 17, 2008.

The campaign encourages individuals with past due traffic citations to come in and clear them up before the court starts issuing warrants in February 2009.

“The results have been phenomenal and we’re just getting started,” said Chief Judge Doug E. Smith. “We’re looking forward to helping more individuals clear up their tickets and avoid a warrant in the coming months.”

Individuals with outstanding tickets can call (702) 671-3444 or go to www.clarkcountycourts.us/paythefine. ¿Habla Espanol? www.clarkcountycourts.us/pagarlamulta

This week, more than 190,000 postcards will be sent to individuals with outstanding tickets in the court.

“These outstanding fines represent obligations owed to the taxpayers of Clark County and so we are doing everything we can to alert individuals to their outstanding obligations and giving them a chance to take care of them before arrest,” said Edward A. Friedland, Court Executive Officer.

More than 190,000 individuals owe obligations to the Las Vegas Justice Court, including a list of the 10 Most Wanted Individuals with the largest number of outstanding fines with the court.

“So far none of the individuals on the 10 Most Wanted List has come in to take advantage of this program,” said Smith. “We want to help these individuals avoid further fines and possible arrest. They just need to call or come into the court, otherwise, we’ll issue arrest warrants in February.”

The Ten Most Wanted Individuals with Outstanding Traffic Fines in the Las Vegas Township Justice Court are:

Judge Jackie Glass sentenced the four remaining co-defendants in State v. Simpson to probation this morning. Charles Cashmore, Michael McClinton, Walter Alexander and Charles Ehrlich all accepted plea deals and testified against co-defendants O.J. Simpson and Charles Stewart.

District Court Judge Jackie Glass has sentenced OJ Simpson and Clarence Stewart for their conviction stemming from a September 2007 kidnapping and assault at a Las Vegas hotel. In a morning sentencing hearing for the men, Judge Glass sentenced Mr. Simpson to a term of 9 to 33 years in the Nevada Department of Corrections and Mr. Stewart to a 7 and a half to 27 year prison term.

The Simpson prison term totals as follows:

• Count 5: 1st Degree Kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon; 5 - 15 years with a consecutive term of 1-6 years for the weapon enhancement.
• Count 8: Assault with a Deadly Weapon; 1.5 - 6 years, consecutive to Count 5.
• Count 9: Assault with a Deadly Weapon; 1.5 - 6 years, consecutive to Count 8.

Simpson would have to serve 6 years on Count 5 before he begins serving the minimum terms for Counts 8 and 9. This totals 9 years. Counts 1-4, 6 and 7 to run concurrent.

Mr. Stewart will serve a minimum of 7 and a half years to a maximum of 27 years in the Nevada Department of Corrections. The Stewart prison term totals as follows:

• Count 5: 1st Degree Kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon; 5 - 15 years with a consecutive term of 1-6 years for the weapon enhancement.
• Count 9: Assault with a Deadly Weapon; 1.5 - 6 years, consecutive to Count 5.

Stewart would have to serve a minimum of 6 years for Count 5 before he begins serving the minimum term for Count 9, which totals 7 and a half years. Counts 1-4, 6 and 7 to run concurrent.

The maximums for both defendants is calculated by totaling the number of years for the kidnapping and then adding the consecutive terms.

A Clark County Grand Jury has indicted Brian K. Krolikci and Kathryn A. Besser on two counts of Misappropriation and Falsification of Accounts by a Public Officer, two counts of Misappropriation by Treasurer, one count of Principal to the Crime of Misappropriation and Falsification of Accounts by a Public Officer and one count of Principal to the Crime of Misappropriation by Treasurer.

Krolicki and Besser will appear in the Clark County District Court at 1:30 p.m., Dec. 18 in Courtroom LLA for arraignment.

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Indictment

This morning (Nov. 17) the Nevada Judicial Discipline Commission removed Clark County District Court Judge Elizabeth Halverson from Dept. 23 and ordered that she can never serve as a future Nevada judge.

According to the Commission’s order,”Judge Elizabeth Halverson should be and therefore she is immediately removed on a permanent basis from her elective office as district judge. By operation of law, she will not be able to seek judicial office in Nevada.”

The Commission also added to the order that Halverson’s,”antics and willful misconduct will be felt by the judicial system for a significant future period of time.”