Chief Judge T. Arthur Ritchie, Jr. has assigned Judge Kathleen Delaney to serve as the Eighth Judicial District Court’s third business court judge. Delaney joins Judges Elizabeth Gonzalez and Mark Denton as the District Court judges assigned to hear business matters.

The addition of a third District Court judge to hear business court matters follows the Nevada Supreme Court’s amendment of local rules of practice EDCR 1.33 and EDCR 1.61 to require three judges to adjudicate business court matters in southern Nevada. The Supreme Court outlined the rule change in ADKT 398.

“Judge Delaney will help the District Court focus on business court matters and further reduce the adjudication time of important matters that often must be handled in a matter of days,” said Chief Judge Ritchie.

Delaney earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1990.  Her prior experience includes gaming, corporate and labor and employment law. Before joining the District Court bench in January 2009, Judge Delaney served in the Nevada Attorney General’s office as a Senior Deputy Attorney General in the Bureau of Consumer Protection. She also served as general counsel for the Treasure Island Corp., as the assistant general counsel to The Mirage, and specialized in labor law and litigation at the private firm Hill, Farrer & Burrill in Los Angeles.

“I am pleased to be able to further the Supreme Court’s goal of improving the adjudication of business court matters in Clark County,” said Judge Delaney.  The new assignment takes effect July 23, 2009. Delaney will hear business court cases on the 11th Floor of the Phoenix Building, 330 S. Third Street.