In what some are suggesting is a sign the Nevada Supreme Court may actually be interested in cleaning up some of the ethical dirt on the Clark County bench, the Nevada Supreme Court has asked lawyers to rate local judges.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports:
Lawyers who practice in Clark County have been asked to rate local judges and Nevada Supreme Court justices in the 2008 Judicial Performance Evaluation.
Rating highlights will be published in the Review-Journal later this year, well before the elections in which several judges face challengers, and complete results will be published on the newspaper's Web site . . .
Chief Justice Mark Gibbons of the Nevada Supreme Court urged attorneys to "give their honest observations," adding, "As the judiciary we invite constructive comment
as a way to help us improve our court system."
If the comments from the attorneys in my office are any indication, the Supreme Court will get a mouthful about donations to sitting judges, questionable ethics, and Judge Halverson.
Don't they do this every year? The problem is that people who are running for Judge, but have never served, are not rated. Hence, we get the voters relying on this. Then we get Judge Halverson.
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