Let me start out by saying, I love you guys ... I really do. 
Happy Turkey-Eve!
Las Vegas attorney Richard L. Crane has been "temporarily suspended" from practicing law after pleading guilty to one felony count of sexually motivated coercion. From the RJ:Crane was arrested in August 2009 in a Henderson police sting that nabbed men seeking to meet underage boys and girls via Craigslist.com.
According to Crane's arrest report, he believed he was speaking to a 15-year-old girl, and asked when she would turn 16. Crane asked questions about the girl's sexual history and asked on several occasions to "hang out," the report stated.
Richard “Rick” Crane
Mr. Crane received his B.S. degree in General Studies from Excelsior University in 1996 and his M.S. degree in Management from Troy State University in 1997 while serving overseas with the United States Navy. Upon his return to the United States, Mr. Crane received his J.D. degree in May 2005 from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California. Mr. Crane has represented the Government's interest in administrative hearings and performed an internship with the San Diego Public Attorney's Office prior to retiring from the Navy after 30 years of service.
Our Supremes reinstated a legal malpractice suit against Las Vegas attorney Dennis Myron Leavitt filed by a woman who accused him of professional negligence. The Court found that Judge Miley erred by finding the disgruntled client failed to file her claim within the two-year statute of limitations. Hall says in April 2005 she and her boyfriend were in the laundry room at the Casa Rosa apartments when a security guard entered, pulled a gun, cocked the pistol, yelled multiple profanities at the couple and threatened to kill them.Leavitt apparently forgot to name the security guard personally as a defendant. Whoops.
The security guard, employed by Security One, was arrested, says Hall, who alleges she was traumatized and forced to undergo extensive psychological treatment.
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Happy belated Veterans Day everyone! 
It's time once again for you guys & gals to report on the holiday shindigs your various firm will be throwing for their ungrateful attorneys and staff to under-appreciate this year! 
A helpful commenter has provided a list of the names purported to be up to fill the vacancy left after Judge Wall sold his soul. According to our commenter, these are the names up to fill Wall's shoes:
Looks like the Mainor Eglet and Vannah Vannah building will have to wait until someone can figure out what to do with the existing home already on the land, which once belonged to Charles P. "Pop" Squires, one of the founders of Las Vegas.
Happy Friday everyone!
We've already had some talk of this in our previous thread, but let's make it official now that we've had a chance to digest the results. In Nevada, the people voted to protect their right to vote for state judges. That’s not surprising, people who have no understanding about what judges do want to pretend like their [sic] not horribly uninformed every two years.
A potpourri of items for you on this fine election day:
Cam Ferenbach, "the highly respected president of the State Bar of Nevada, a shareholder in the prestigious Lionel Sawyer Collins firm and a 30-year veteran of the profession," recently spoke at the swearing-in ceremony our new July admittees. His topic was avoiding professional unhappiness.
From the RJ:The Standing Committee on Judicial Ethics and Election Practices found Kishner knowingly made reckless statements that omitted facts about Dabney during their joint appearance on the Sept. 13 television show "Face to Face with Jon Ralston." Dabney and Kishner are candidates for the Department 31 district judge seat in Clark County.
A censure is a public reprimand.
Last week, the Nevada Supreme Court (specifically the three justice panel of Cherry, Saitta and Gibbons) decided that O.J. Simpson got a fair trial and his conviction should stand - and the decision had nothing to do with the fact that he killed his ex-wife and her boyfriend and got away with it. 
That other (far superior) legal tabloid Above The Law is doing a series on small law firms, and has started publishing the results of its survey of small firm lawyers regarding their salaries. With over 650 respondents, they had a pretty good sample size, and came up with some interesting numbers. 
Everyone's favorite bluetool lost a Motion to Dismiss on Tuesday based upon the application of fair use doctrine - the first of what will hopefully be many in his overzealous copyright suit-o-rama. 
The Nevada Supreme Court has issued its decision in In re Candelaria. 
Time to open up the rumor mill! 
What do you do when business is slow? Create your own niche, of course.
It's that time again ... time for all you out-of-state J.D.'s (and some of you Boyd students) to sweat it out. Nevada may be the wild wild west of the legal world, but we have a very difficult bar exam that you must pass before we allow you to go out and commit unrestrained malpractice. 
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP's Las Vegas office is currently seeking to fill several associate positions. All types of civil litigation and one specific to med mal. From their website:Wilson Elser is a full-service firm with clients in the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia. Domestically, we are ranked among the top law firms identified by The American Lawyer and listed in the "Top 50" by The National Law Journal.
Defense attorney Craig Mueller has promised the trial of Maurice Carroll will be a "barn burner." Judge Elissa Cadish will be presiding, with Boyd grad Mike Staudaher for the prosecution. The felony charges against Carroll focus on civil cases in which 17 people were sued by Richland Holdings. In each case, the defendant was hit with a default judgment. In some cases, defendants told police they were working when Carroll's employees claimed in affidavits to have found them at home.
Once again, the nicest guy in P.I. is preparing to host one of the biggest lawyer shindigs of the year. 
George Foley Sr., former Clark County district attorney and all-around good guy, died last Sunday night. 
The coroner’s inquest jury on Tuesday found the Metro Police shooting death of Erik Scott justified. Anybody surprised?
A national insurance group has ranked Las Vegas No. 4 in the nation for "questionable slip-and-fall claims." Congratulations?
From the LV Sun:The owner of the international Hard Rock brand no longer wants its name associated with the Las Vegas Hard Rock hotel-casino and is suing to cancel their licensing agreement, citing negative publicity from the Rehab pool parties and reality TV series.Not sure about you guys, but there isn't enough chlorine in the world to get us to dip our toe into that pool.
According to the RJ, Stan Walton also failed to file a formal answer to a Nevada State Bar complaint alleging he "misappropriated" $20,000 given to him by a client in an unrelated case. 
Tonight is the night. The Cristalli & Saggese-inspired legal "bromance" The Defenders premiers at 10:00 p.m. on CBS. 
Ken McKenna, a well-known Reno lawyer, has been charged with two federal misdemeanor counts of failing to pay taxes.
Our old friend (and convicted felon) Howard Awand has been subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury to answer questions about the "Medical Mafia." Could this be the beginning of Round 2?
Things aren't looking good for the man who makes Nevada's lowest bottom-feeding attorneys look like crusaders of justice."The defendant has reasonably asserted that the plaintiff’s conduct may have constituted an implied license and that the defendant may have properly inferred that the (copyright) owner consented to the use, especially in light of the established and accepted custom of users freely and openly sharing certain information posted on the Internet."Not a good week to be sporting a gigantic bluetooth headset.
Walton was appointed administrator over an estate that allegedly ended up with approximately $4 million in unaccounted-for funds. Walton apparently received "numerous warnings from probate court and several continuances" before being suspended as administrator of the estate in January 2009. Judge Cadish held Walton in contempt when Walton failed to appear for a judgment debtor exam after being admonished multiple times.
How does your firm stack up? U.S. News also did a favorable write-up on Holland & Hart.
Everyone has a cause. 
Apparently a disgruntled client. Nobody was shot.
