Tea Partiers are elected, Republicans take over the house and in less than 48 hours Lil Wayne is free. Wow, I did not vote for any of them but I am impressed with how quick they accomplish something Big.
Not only that, Taylor Swift has 11 songs on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, all from her new album, Speak Now. Swift is the first artist ever to have that many simultaneously charting singles all drawn from a single album on the Hot 100 all at once. Plus, she’s hot.
@9:33 - "MGM Studios is a completely separate entity with no common ownership," Las Vegas-based casino resort operator MGM Resorts said in a statement today after MGM Studios filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday. "The filing has no impact whatsoever on MGM Resorts International."
@10:33 AM - Take a gander at MGM's numbers. Then walk around the nightmare on City Center street. MGM is over-extended and soon enough everyone will know. Poof, just like that, the stock will fall to its proper level, ZERO, and off to liquidation it goes.
Unlike the fine chaps in the genetically blessed Fertitta family, MGM is a heartless, soulless and mindless corporation. Even Captain Kirk can't guide this troubled ship into a port of safety.
The backpack toting gent who did the financing is probably pouring over his liquidation analysis spreadsheet this very moment.
Actually, the judge did grant summary judgment. However, the US Supreme Court issued an opinion regarding the application of res judicata while the briefs were pending that changed the law such that the NV Sup Ct was basically compelled to send it back for trial. The trial judge got it right the first time. As for the jury on the second go around. . .
One of the plaintiffs, Michael Bower, claimed in the lawsuit he was caught in the crossfire between the Hell's Angels and Mongols, with the bikers armed with guns, knives and other weapons. Bower said he dove off his gaming chair to seek cover and suffered a back injury as well as emotional trauma and flashbacks to combat during the Vietnam War.
Bower had been suffering from post traumatic stress disorder prior to the Laughlin incident and since then has been permanently disabled with post traumatic stress disorder syndrome, a court filing said
@9:33 - MGM Studios filed in the Southern District of New York. If you want $ out of that you'll need to move there and try to get a job delivering Pizza to the Big-Ass NY firms who will control that work.
11:20 A real Vet would have taken whatever alcoholic beverage he was sipping on, lit it, and turned it into a malotav cocktail and showed those biker punks how a REAL soldier gets down and dirty.
Just for being a p***y, I would have ruled against Bower.
Not a Boyd grad but curious as to why there is so much animus toward them on this site. I'll take any reasonable explanation that does not involve double kickstands in my face.
1. Resentment. Many, if not all, qualified Boyd grads work in this community and make as much as the rest of the similarly tenured attorneys make, but with far less student debt than those who overpaid for a more prestige school only to find out the ticket to practice law is the same.
2. Bad Apple Theory. Boyd had had its fair share of odd ducks and loud mouths that cast a bad light on the school. For every one, and many have been outed by name on this Blog and the Nev. Sup. Ct. Advanced Opinions page, there are numerous hard working and competent attorneys who quietly and competently practice law in anonymity.
3. Elitism. (self explanatory.)
4. It's Funny.
5. The School itself, like most learning institutions has its own awkward identiy. From its liberal and gay agenda, to humerous ironies like Rick Harris teaching law practice management during his Divorce with Mainor, and large egos on the faculty including one who became a Ninth Circuit Judge and another who became a Bankruptcy Judge, just opens itself up to opinions.
I completely agree with your #1. At times I'll find a extremely successful solo practioner and look up where he/she went to law school.
Nine times out of ten they went to some law school ranked lower than, or with "name recognition" equivalent to Boyd.
So if a Boyd degree and hard work can get me that Bentley, arm candy cocktail waitress with juggs the size of basketballs; all with a manageable amount of student loans...Count me in.
The way I understand it, when you get a grant for, say, prosecution of Dumbassery, you fill it with a current Deputy DA. You then backfill the Deputy's position with a clerk from the appellate division, and hire a clerk to fill the hole in the appellate division, because HLS needs many, many minions to deny the amount of rights that need denyin'.
So how is "getting a grant" any different from filling law clerk positions?
This has been the worst Friday Open Thread ever. Nobody has mentioned Troy Fox, the BK Hottie, Hutchison & Steffen, and the double kickstands guy hasn't showed up. What's going on?
First Friday has already started at our office. Vodka, beer, and jack daniels. Small downtown practice is fun. Maybe we don't make as much money as those big firm ballers but at least we can get drunk at the office. Oh wait, do big firm ballers get drunk too? Snap. Off to Griffin later. Peace to the out.
Law Clerk for Dept XII took a job as an appeals clerk for the DA's office.
2:37- my understanding was the person was talking about the law clerk positions that were advertised on the county website- which have been filled.
3:12- you have clearly not read the crap Old Leon has to read or you would be much more sympathetic- let's just say according to the inmates all defense lawyers are morons and therefore cannot be effective.
I have read some of the crap that HLS, SO, and NB have to deal with. They have my great sympathies, but that doesn't take away from the fact that AD exists to make sure the guilty *stay* guilty. So keep on shutting down motions for transcripts, appointed appellate attys, reconsideration, et cetera.
You will be paid a cut from each file and your earnings will vary by state. This is for the little effort and time per month and the ability to learn how to do loan modifications yourself. This will provide additional revenue for you.
Leavitt is a horrible judge. You were retarded when you externed for her. You still may be - or maybe you grew out of it but have a messed up memory. She is also a mega mega mega beeotch and has no business on the bench. Last name is all.
I'm more interested if anyone knows if the PDs hired anyone, and if so, who and how many did they hire? I didn't apply but I know a bunch of people that did and I only know three that got the second interview and not a sngle one of them have heard anything
Oh, and one was a former PD from another state, one was someone who had clerked at the PD's for a while . . . and I can't remember what the other three did, but they were all pretty accomplished.
British health officials are hard at work on a new app that will allow users to pee into their cell phones and find out within minutes if they have an STD.
Seriously, we could not make this stuff up if we tried.
According to The Guardian, 4 million pounds have been invested in the UK Clinical Research Collaboration, which is creating a smartphone app that will allow users, "to put urine or saliva on to a computer chip about the size of a USB chip, plug it into their phone or computer and receive a diagnosis within minutes."
The techno-savvy approached is aimed at young brits, who apparently are too embarrased to visit the doctor face to face and have been experiencing rising rates of STD (or STI as they call them cross the pond).
"Your mobile phone can be your mobile doctor. It diagnoses whether you've got one of a range of STIs, such as chlamydia or gonorrhea and tells you where to go next to get treatment," Dr Tariq Sadiq, a senior lecturer and consultant physician in sexual health and HIV at St George's, University of London, who is leading the project, told The Guardian.
If it's really that simple, why wait till after the deed is done? Wouldn't it make more sense for prospective partners to swap fluids before hand, get a reading on their cell phones, and then decide whether or not to "finish the download"?
Jones Vargas let go of a couple real estate specialists last summer; a couple other associates were headhunted away. Otherwise, no layoffs if tis difficult market. Thanks for playing.
Your Future Dept. XX Judge will come from the pool of:
•Lucinda L. Coumou, 47, Las Vegas, Clark County District Attorney’s Office •Philip J. Dabney, 51, Henderson, Holland & Hart LLP •Michael D. Davidson, 56, Las Vegas, Kolesar & Leatham •Michael A. Federico, 39, Las Vegas, of Olson, Conner, Gormley & Desruisseaux •Craig B. Friedberg, 52, Las Vegas, Law Offices of Craig B. Friedberg •Bruce L. Gale, 55, Las Vegas, Law Offices of Bruce L. Gale •Kurt K. Harris, 46, Henderson, Harris Law Office •Martin Hart, 47, Las Vegas, Law Offices of Martin Hart •James A. Kohl, 45, Las Vegas, Howard & Howard •Michael A. Koning, 60, Las Vegas, Law Offices of Michael A. Koning P.C. •Judge Chris Lee, 36, North Las Vegas, North Las Vegas Justice Court •Charles J. Lybarger, 48, Las Vegas, Law Offices of Charles Lybarger •Troy E. Peyton, 50, Las Vegas, Troy E. Peyton, P.C. •Marc D. Risman, 55, Henderson, Law Offices of Marc Risman •David J. Rivers, 63, Las Vegas, Leavitt, Sully & Rivers •Beverly Salhanick, 52, Las Vegas, Law Offices of Beverly Salhanick •Jerome T. Tao, 42, Las Vegas, Clark County Public Defender’s Office •Jeffrey J. Whitehead, 50, Henderson, Jeffrey J. Whitehead, Esq. •Bernard B. Zadrowski, 45, Las Vegas, Clark County District Attorney’ s Office
Who chooses? The Governor? So it'll be a republican judge (I know it's supposedly nonpartisan)? Help me out here, how does it work? I'm not going to look it up.
How and why did so many people contract hepatitis at the endoscopy clinics operated by Dr. Dipak Desai? Will Nevadans ever know for sure? If you think the truth will necessarily come out in court, then you must not be familiar with how Nevada courts operate.
Months ago, a Clark County jury awarded close to $1 billion dollars to a local man who became infected with hepatitis after undergoing an endoscopy at a Desai clinic. With an award of that size, which included $500 million in punitive damages against two drug companies, one might think a definitive conclusion had been reached about the cause of the infection, at least for this one case.
But the fact is, the jury never came close to an objective and thorough finding about the cause of the infection because jurors were never allowed to hear a host of arguments, evidence and experts who would have offered alternative explanations. In the end, the panel pinned the blame on Teva Pharmaceuticals, the company that manufactures the drug Propofol, and on Baxter Healthcare, the company that distributes it.
Jurors bought the argument made by plaintiff's attorneys that because vials of Propofol contained enough of the drug for more than a single dose, the manufacturer had, in effect, encouraged Desai's clinics to re-use the vials on multiple patients and thus spread the hepatitis virus.
Two other hepatitis cases are making their way through the system. One is set to begin next week in District Court. Another is in limbo because of a stay issued by the Nevada Supreme Court. What is not immediately obvious is how little the public -- especially jurors -- have been allowed to hear about all of the circumstances surrounding the hepatitis infections.
If lawyers for Teva and Baxter felt a bit shell shocked after that first trial, we could hardly blame them. They're not about to attack the integrity of Nevada's courts, not with other cases still pending, but they had to be shaking their heads in disbelief after the kick in the 'nads they received the first time around. As noted in this space previously, the presiding judge, Jesse Walsh, was viewed as overtly friendly to the plaintiff's attorneys. The fact that those attorneys contributed such a large percentage of Walsh's campaign warchest is only part of the explanation.
In case you think this is just my own perception, you should see many of the comments posted on the local legal blog Wild Wild Law, where lawyers overwhelmingly predicted that Walsh would give every benefit of the doubt to the plaintiffs. Said one lawyer requesting anonymity, "The defense counsel will get absolutely railroaded by Judge Walsh, and when I say railroaded, I mean prison raped."
Those of us out here in the cheap seats were under the impression hepatitis was spread through previously used needles and Desai and/or his managers ordered employees to re-use needles as a way of saving money. The jury wasn't allowed to hear such allegations during the first trial. Walsh said the defendants were not allowed to tell the jury Desai's staffers had ignored the warnings on the Propofol vials. They were also denied the chance to argue the warnings on the vials had been approved by the FDA. They were not allowed to argue there was serious misconduct on the part of doctors or nurses. Nor were they allowed to show there were other ways hepatitis could have been spread.
A three-judge panel of the Nevada Supreme Court upheld Walsh's decision to exclude a wide range of additional evidence and testimony. And when the second endoscopy case found its way before Judge Kathleen Delaney, she ruled all of the previously excluded stuff should be allowed into the trial. Delaney felt it should be up to a jury to decide the true cause of the hepatitis infections. The plaintiffs made quick work of Delaney by appealing to the same Supreme Court panel, which put the second case into limbo by issuing an indeterminate stay.
That brings us to case No. 3, set to begin next week. The judge in that case has generally ruled the same way Walsh ruled. Among the evidence being excluded is a compelling pile of information about what sounds like a far more probable source of the hepatitis infection. As described in legal documents filed with the Supreme Court, Desai's clinics routinely ignored the most basic protocols for sanitizing instruments. They used "filthy endoscopes and accessories without proper disinfection" and they systematically cross contaminated all of these instruments by dropping them into a "primordial soup filled with human blood, feces, and tissue."
Essentially, the Desai clinics allegedly cleaned all of their instruments in the same sinks, and all at once, but failed to use the most basic disinfection techniques. Nationally known experts are prepared to testify this is almost certainly the reason hepatitis spread. However, because Desai and his insurance carrier don't have deep enough pockets, defendants are going after the two drug companies, and they are being aided by hometown rulings that have so far gutted any chance the out-of-town guys have to defend themselves.
Maybe it's natural for regular folks to root against the big, bad corporations, especially if they are not local companies to begin with. But that billion-dollar verdict is money that comes out of all of our pockets. If it is allowed to stand, and if other similar jury awards are issued, the cost will be reflected in everyone's insurance bill.
At a minimum, one would hope that a court case filed to find out who caused the infections of local citizens -- and how it was done -- would at a minimum allow jurors to hear a full and honest evaluation of the case, not merely the parts that personal injury lawyers have selectively chosen, and which their friends on the bench have decided to back up.
Quote of the week: "This [election result] is not an endorsement of the Republican Party. What it means is that they are putting us on probation to see what we can do." -- U.S. Sen. John Ensign, on election night. ... Wonder who at the Review-Journal drew the short straw and had to write the headline about Sen. Harry Reid's victory? The newspaper essentially went all-in for Sharron Angle, in both its editorial and news coverage, and must have had to swallow hard when those numbers started pouring in on Tuesday night.
George Knapp is a Peabody Award-winning investigative reporter for KLAS-TV Channel 8. You can reach him at gknapp@klastv.com.
I hope Koning gets it. It would be nice to have somebody on the bench with trial experience, gray hair and a good disposition. I'm sick of some of the sourpusses we have on that bench. Would it kill some of those Judges to smile every now and then?
Who can help provide the names of the judges who were initially appointed. I'm no scholar of the court, but the three I can think of are three of my favorites: Barker, Gonzalez, and Cadish. Please tell me Leavitt and Walsh were elected, it will really help my argument.
Dept. 1 (Cory): Appointed Dept 2 (Vega): Appointed Dept. 3 (Herndon): Appointed Dept. 4 (Hardcastle): Dept. 5 (Glass): Elected Dept. 6 (Cadish): Appointed Dept. 7 (Bell): Elected Dept. 8 (Smith): Elected Dept. 9 (Togliatti): Appointed Dept. 10 (Walsh): Elected Dept. 11 (Gonzalez): Appointed Dept. 12 (Leavitt): Appointed Dept. 13 (Denton): Appointed Dept. 14 (Mosley): Elected Dept. 15 (Silver): Elected Dept. 16 (Williams): Appointed Dept. 17 (Villani): Appointed Dept. 18 (Barker): Appointed Dept. 19 (Earl): Appointed Dept. 20 (Vacant): Dept 21 (Adair): Elected Dept. 22 (Johnson): Elected Dept. 23 (Miley): Elected Dept. 24 (Bixler): Elected Dept. 25 (Delaney): Elected
Thanks 4:16. I still think it weighs in favor of appointment. I mean, Leavitt was a legacy hire so of course she would be appointed, I should have thought of that.
Some of the appointed suck and some of the elected are decent. But appointment is clearly better. Especially a more involved appointment system like the one proposed on the ballot.
Here are grades from an anonymous lawyer practicing for a while in the Great Eighth.
Dept. 1 (Cory): Appointed - C Dept 2 (Vega): Appointed - C Dept. 3 (Herndon): Appointed - A Dept. 4 (Hardcastle): - C Dept. 5 (Glass): Elected - D Dept. 6 (Cadish): Appointed - A Dept. 7 (Bell): Elected - C Dept. 8 (Smith): Elected - C Dept. 9 (Togliatti): Appointed - B Dept. 10 (Walsh): Elected - D Dept. 11 (Gonzalez): Appointed - A Dept. 12 (Leavitt): Appointed - D Dept. 13 (Denton): Appointed - A Dept. 14 (Mosley): Elected - D Dept. 15 (Silver): Elected - C Dept. 16 (Williams): Appointed - B Dept. 17 (Villani): Appointed - C Dept. 18 (Barker): Appointed - A Dept. 19 (Earl): Appointed - A Dept. 20 (Vacant): Dept 21 (Adair): Elected - B Dept. 22 (Johnson): Elected - B Dept. 23 (Miley): Elected - D Dept. 24 (Bixler): Elected - C Dept. 25 (Delaney): Elected - B
Dept. 1 (Cory): Appointed – C (agree) Dept 2 (Vega): Appointed – C (B) Dept. 3 (Herndon): Appointed – A (agree) Dept. 4 (Hardcastle): - C (agree) Dept. 5 (Glass): Elected – D (C+) Dept. 6 (Cadish): Appointed – A (B-) Dept. 7 (Bell): Elected – C (Was an F, moving toward C) Dept. 8 (Smith): Elected – C (ugh) Dept. 9 (Togliatti): Appointed – B (A-) Dept. 10 (Walsh): Elected – D (F) Dept. 11 (Gonzalez): Appointed – A (B) Dept. 12 (Leavitt): Appointed – D (F) Dept. 13 (Denton): Appointed – A Dept. 14 (Mosley): Elected – D (agree) Dept. 15 (Silver): Elected – C (C-) Dept. 16 (Williams): Appointed – B (agree) Dept. 17 (Villani): Appointed – C (agree) Dept. 18 (Barker): Appointed – A (agree) Dept. 19 (Earl): Appointed – A (agree) Dept. 20 (Vacant): Dept 21 (Adair): Elected – B (B-) Dept. 22 (Johnson): Elected – B (agree) Dept. 23 (Miley): Elected – D (agree) Dept. 24 (Bixler): Elected – C (D+) Dept. 25 (Delaney): Elected – B (don’t know)
Dept. 1 (Cory): Appointed - C (A) Dept 2 (Vega): Appointed - C (B) Dept. 3 (Herndon): Appointed - A(agree) Dept. 4 (Hardcastle): - C (B) Dept. 5 (Glass): Elected - D (B) Dept. 6 (Cadish): Appointed - A(agree) Dept. 7 (Bell): Elected - C (B) Dept. 8 (Smith): Elected - C (D) Dept. 9 (Togliatti): Appointed - B(agree) Dept. 10 (Walsh): Elected - D (agree) Dept. 11 (Gonzalez): Appointed - A (agree) Dept. 12 (Leavitt): Appointed - D (C) Dept. 13 (Denton): Appointed - A (agree) Dept. 14 (Mosley): Elected - D (C) Dept. 15 (Silver): Elected - C (A) Dept. 16 (Williams): Appointed - B (A) Dept. 17 (Villani): Appointed - C (B) Dept. 18 (Barker): Appointed - A (B) Dept. 19 (Earl): Appointed - A (agree) Dept. 20 (Vacant): Dept 21 (Adair): Elected - B (C) Dept. 22 (Johnson): Elected - B (agree) Dept. 23 (Miley): Elected - D (agree) Dept. 24 (Bixler): Elected - C (A) Dept. 25 (Delaney): Elected - B (agree)
Happy Friday everyone!
Tea Partiers are elected, Republicans take over the house and in less than 48 hours Lil Wayne is free. Wow, I did not vote for any of them but I am impressed with how quick they accomplish something Big.
ReplyDeleteNot only that, Taylor Swift has 11 songs on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, all from her new album, Speak Now. Swift is the first artist ever to have that many simultaneously charting singles all drawn from a single album on the Hot 100 all at once. Plus, she’s hot.
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ReplyDeleteAny opinions/observations about the CityCenter litigation lawyer-fest going on in Dept. 11?
ReplyDeleteI can't wait for MGM to file BK!! There will be enough work for the whole BK bar. Mercedes and Condo in San Diego for everyone!
ReplyDeleteMy word verification was: hotthai. Nice.
what's up with the county hiring convicted felons!?
ReplyDelete@9:48A
ReplyDeleteYou do realize you need to be more specific, right?
How much more specific do we need to get? The county hires convicted felons. So what else is new..
ReplyDeleteTGIF!!!
ReplyDelete@9:33 - "MGM Studios is a completely separate entity with no common ownership," Las Vegas-based casino resort operator MGM Resorts said in a statement today after MGM Studios filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday. "The filing has no impact whatsoever on MGM Resorts International."
ReplyDeleteDid the D.A.'s Office ever hire for the two open positions? If so, who was hired?
ReplyDeleteWord Verification: unemployed
Anything new on the PD/inmate story?
ReplyDelete@10:33 AM - Take a gander at MGM's numbers. Then walk around the nightmare on City Center street. MGM is over-extended and soon enough everyone will know. Poof, just like that, the stock will fall to its proper level, ZERO, and off to liquidation it goes.
ReplyDeleteUnlike the fine chaps in the genetically blessed Fertitta family, MGM is a heartless, soulless and mindless corporation. Even Captain Kirk can't guide this troubled ship into a port of safety.
The backpack toting gent who did the financing is probably pouring over his liquidation analysis spreadsheet this very moment.
Verification Words: GM and Countrywide.
http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/25637164/detail.html
ReplyDeleteNice job, Brent Bryson! The wisdom of Clark County juries never ceases to amaze me.
Better coverage here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/nov/04/harrahs-laughlin-found-liable-fatal-2002-casino-br/
Who was the gutless judge who did not grant summary judgment in this one?
Actually, the judge did grant summary judgment. However, the US Supreme Court issued an opinion regarding the application of res judicata while the briefs were pending that changed the law such that the NV Sup Ct was basically compelled to send it back for trial. The trial judge got it right the first time. As for the jury on the second go around. . .
ReplyDeleteMy heart goes out to Bower.
ReplyDeleteOne of the plaintiffs, Michael Bower, claimed in the lawsuit he was caught in the crossfire between the Hell's Angels and Mongols, with the bikers armed with guns, knives and other weapons. Bower said he dove off his gaming chair to seek cover and suffered a back injury as well as emotional trauma and flashbacks to combat during the Vietnam War.
Bower had been suffering from post traumatic stress disorder prior to the Laughlin incident and since then has been permanently disabled with post traumatic stress disorder syndrome, a court filing said
They will settle, for a confidential amount, possibly later today.
ReplyDeleteIn light of Harrah's support of Reid by busing union thugs to the polls, I hope the jury awards millions of dollars.
ReplyDelete@9:33 - MGM Studios filed in the Southern District of New York. If you want $ out of that you'll need to move there and try to get a job delivering Pizza to the Big-Ass NY firms who will control that work.
ReplyDelete11:20
ReplyDeleteD you think he yelled "Incoming!" as he dove off his chair?
*Do
ReplyDelete11:20
ReplyDeleteA real Vet would have taken whatever alcoholic beverage he was sipping on, lit it, and turned it into a malotav cocktail and showed those biker punks how a REAL soldier gets down and dirty.
Just for being a p***y, I would have ruled against Bower.
8:19/8:55: Normally I find posts like yours annoying...but yours are actually funny.
ReplyDelete"Just for being a p***y, I would have ruled against Bower."
ReplyDeleteYou'd punish Bower because you're a p**sy?
SUCK IT Michael N. Feder, I just pillaged you in court today!
ReplyDelete12:42
ReplyDeleteGive me a break. I'm a Boyd Grad.
Seriously.
@12:42 You took advantage of his dangling participle.
ReplyDeleteNot a Boyd grad but curious as to why there is so much animus toward them on this site.
ReplyDeleteI'll take any reasonable explanation that does not involve double kickstands in my face.
@1:10:
ReplyDeleteYou're joking, right?
Word verification: pignwhistle
Oh, where to start?
ReplyDelete1. Resentment. Many, if not all, qualified Boyd grads work in this community and make as much as the rest of the similarly tenured attorneys make, but with far less student debt than those who overpaid for a more prestige school only to find out the ticket to practice law is the same.
2. Bad Apple Theory. Boyd had had its fair share of odd ducks and loud mouths that cast a bad light on the school. For every one, and many have been outed by name on this Blog and the Nev. Sup. Ct. Advanced Opinions page, there are numerous hard working and competent attorneys who quietly and competently practice law in anonymity.
3. Elitism. (self explanatory.)
4. It's Funny.
5. The School itself, like most learning institutions has its own awkward identiy. From its liberal and gay agenda, to humerous ironies like Rick Harris teaching law practice management during his Divorce with Mainor, and large egos on the faculty including one who became a Ninth Circuit Judge and another who became a Bankruptcy Judge, just opens itself up to opinions.
6. Half of the students there are Mormon.
To 12:42 p.m.: What hearing are you talking about, exactly?
ReplyDelete10:45
ReplyDeleteThe DA filled the positions- sorry. They both started on Monday.
1:51
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with your #1. At times I'll find a extremely successful solo practioner and look up where he/she went to law school.
Nine times out of ten they went to some law school ranked lower than, or with "name recognition" equivalent to Boyd.
So if a Boyd degree and hard work can get me that Bentley, arm candy cocktail waitress with juggs the size of basketballs; all with a manageable amount of student loans...Count me in.
2:17-
ReplyDeleteNo positions were filled. We got a grant---whole different ballgame.
@2:37,
ReplyDeleteThe way I understand it, when you get a grant for, say, prosecution of Dumbassery, you fill it with a current Deputy DA. You then backfill the Deputy's position with a clerk from the appellate division, and hire a clerk to fill the hole in the appellate division, because HLS needs many, many minions to deny the amount of rights that need denyin'.
So how is "getting a grant" any different from filling law clerk positions?
This has been the worst Friday Open Thread ever. Nobody has mentioned Troy Fox, the BK Hottie, Hutchison & Steffen, and the double kickstands guy hasn't showed up. What's going on?
ReplyDeleteWhy is Dept. XII suddenly advertising for a law clerk position on the Simplicity job board?
ReplyDeleteHey 12:40, 8:55 here..
ReplyDeleteNormally, complainits about people's "annoying comments" on this blog would annoy me, but today, I'll make an exception for you too.
TGIF.
I wouldn't wish Dept. XII law clerk on my enemy. Good luck unemployed attorneys.
ReplyDeletedood, everyone knows that H&S licks major A.
ReplyDelete3:22,
ReplyDeleteWhen H&A licks major A, do they eat da poo poo?
First Friday has already started at our office. Vodka, beer, and jack daniels. Small downtown practice is fun. Maybe we don't make as much money as those big firm ballers but at least we can get drunk at the office. Oh wait, do big firm ballers get drunk too? Snap. Off to Griffin later. Peace to the out.
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Law Clerk for Dept XII took a job as an appeals clerk for the DA's office.
ReplyDelete2:37- my understanding was the person was talking about the law clerk positions that were advertised on the county website- which have been filled.
3:12- you have clearly not read the crap Old Leon has to read or you would be much more sympathetic- let's just say according to the inmates all defense lawyers are morons and therefore cannot be effective.
BK Hottie; Troy Fox; Lerner
Tony Abbatangelo point his bit in the Justice Court/Referee training this afternoon, drunk off of his ass
ReplyDeleteJudge Leavitt is great. I externed for her the summer she was first appointed to the bunch.
ReplyDeleteGreat judge!
@4:00,
ReplyDelete3:12 here,
I have read some of the crap that HLS, SO, and NB have to deal with. They have my great sympathies, but that doesn't take away from the fact that AD exists to make sure the guilty *stay* guilty. So keep on shutting down motions for transcripts, appointed appellate attys, reconsideration, et cetera.
"Point his bit"????
ReplyDelete2:25 PM - The Force is strong in you!
ReplyDeleteI was there and I never once smelled him point his bit.
ReplyDeleteYou will be paid a cut from each file and your earnings will vary by state. This is for the little effort and time per month and the ability to learn how to do loan modifications yourself. This will provide additional revenue for you.
ReplyDeleteWheeee!
I agree . . . no bit pointing. I did notice that Sciscento went all butt pirate on him, though. Yar Har Har!
ReplyDelete@ 5:53
ReplyDeleteIf that is a job, could you please post the contact info? Thanks.
Tony A.
Leavitt is a horrible judge. You were retarded when you externed for her. You still may be - or maybe you grew out of it but have a messed up memory. She is also a mega mega mega beeotch and has no business on the bench. Last name is all.
ReplyDelete@1:10
ReplyDeleteSo you live in fear of double kickstands?
Pow!
ReplyDeleteBam!
ReplyDeleteDouble kickstands!
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ReplyDeleteFace!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHaha, I love the kickstand guy!
ReplyDeleteSo is that how the DA's office got away with hiring someone that failed the bar exam?
ReplyDeleteWord verification-- fail
Fuck, shit, bitch. . .
ReplyDelete. . .cock, balls.
ReplyDeleteyou don't have to celebrate it Frank
ReplyDeleteLeavitt has things hidden in that nappy beehive do and she applies her makeup like a mad six year old clown
ReplyDeleteMore movement (i.e. partners and associates exiting) Jones Vargas.
ReplyDeleteWho is left at JV anyway? Aren't all the associates that are left related to partners or big tickets clients?
ReplyDeleteWho left JV? Where did they go? What did Tony A do? Please explain, you guys!!
ReplyDeleteI'm more interested if anyone knows if the PDs hired anyone, and if so, who and how many did they hire? I didn't apply but I know a bunch of people that did and I only know three that got the second interview and not a sngle one of them have heard anything
ReplyDeletePD hired 5 people. Started a few weeks ago.
ReplyDeleteOh, and one was a former PD from another state, one was someone who had clerked at the PD's for a while . . . and I can't remember what the other three did, but they were all pretty accomplished.
ReplyDeleteSTD Test? There's an App for That
ReplyDeleteBy Ben Popper
November 8, 2010 | 1:16 p.m
British health officials are hard at work on a new app that will allow users to pee into their cell phones and find out within minutes if they have an STD.
Seriously, we could not make this stuff up if we tried.
According to The Guardian, 4 million pounds have been invested in the UK Clinical Research Collaboration, which is creating a smartphone app that will allow users, "to put urine or saliva on to a computer chip about the size of a USB chip, plug it into their phone or computer and receive a diagnosis within minutes."
The techno-savvy approached is aimed at young brits, who apparently are too embarrased to visit the doctor face to face and have been experiencing rising rates of STD (or STI as they call them cross the pond).
"Your mobile phone can be your mobile doctor. It diagnoses whether you've got one of a range of STIs, such as chlamydia or gonorrhea and tells you where to go next to get treatment," Dr Tariq Sadiq, a senior lecturer and consultant physician in sexual health and HIV at St George's, University of London, who is leading the project, told The Guardian.
If it's really that simple, why wait till after the deed is done? Wouldn't it make more sense for prospective partners to swap fluids before hand, get a reading on their cell phones, and then decide whether or not to "finish the download"?
bpopper [at] observer.com
I would have appreciated such an application back in my bareback ranger days.
ReplyDeleteJones Vargas let go of a couple real estate specialists last summer; a couple other associates were headhunted away. Otherwise, no layoffs if tis difficult market.
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing.
Your Future Dept. XX Judge will come from the pool of:
ReplyDelete•Lucinda L. Coumou, 47, Las Vegas, Clark County District Attorney’s Office
•Philip J. Dabney, 51, Henderson, Holland & Hart LLP
•Michael D. Davidson, 56, Las Vegas, Kolesar & Leatham
•Michael A. Federico, 39, Las Vegas, of Olson, Conner, Gormley & Desruisseaux
•Craig B. Friedberg, 52, Las Vegas, Law Offices of Craig B. Friedberg
•Bruce L. Gale, 55, Las Vegas, Law Offices of Bruce L. Gale
•Kurt K. Harris, 46, Henderson, Harris Law Office
•Martin Hart, 47, Las Vegas, Law Offices of Martin Hart
•James A. Kohl, 45, Las Vegas, Howard & Howard
•Michael A. Koning, 60, Las Vegas, Law Offices of Michael A. Koning P.C.
•Judge Chris Lee, 36, North Las Vegas, North Las Vegas Justice Court
•Charles J. Lybarger, 48, Las Vegas, Law Offices of Charles Lybarger
•Troy E. Peyton, 50, Las Vegas, Troy E. Peyton, P.C.
•Marc D. Risman, 55, Henderson, Law Offices of Marc Risman
•David J. Rivers, 63, Las Vegas, Leavitt, Sully & Rivers
•Beverly Salhanick, 52, Las Vegas, Law Offices of Beverly Salhanick
•Jerome T. Tao, 42, Las Vegas, Clark County Public Defender’s Office
•Jeffrey J. Whitehead, 50, Henderson, Jeffrey J. Whitehead, Esq.
•Bernard B. Zadrowski, 45, Las Vegas, Clark County District Attorney’ s Office
Eff me if Whitehead gets it. He's a joker.
ReplyDeleteWho chooses? The Governor? So it'll be a republican judge (I know it's supposedly nonpartisan)? Help me out here, how does it work? I'm not going to look it up.
ReplyDeleteJudicial Selection Committee narrows it down to 2 or 3 and the governor picks.
ReplyDeleteWILD WILD LAW IS FAMOUS
ReplyDeleteJurors don't know the whole truth
by GEORGE KNAPP
How and why did so many people contract hepatitis at the endoscopy clinics operated by Dr. Dipak Desai? Will Nevadans ever know for sure? If you think the truth will necessarily come out in court, then you must not be familiar with how Nevada courts operate.
Months ago, a Clark County jury awarded close to $1 billion dollars to a local man who became infected with hepatitis after undergoing an endoscopy at a Desai clinic. With an award of that size, which included $500 million in punitive damages against two drug companies, one might think a definitive conclusion had been reached about the cause of the infection, at least for this one case.
But the fact is, the jury never came close to an objective and thorough finding about the cause of the infection because jurors were never allowed to hear a host of arguments, evidence and experts who would have offered alternative explanations. In the end, the panel pinned the blame on Teva Pharmaceuticals, the company that manufactures the drug Propofol, and on Baxter Healthcare, the company that distributes it.
Jurors bought the argument made by plaintiff's attorneys that because vials of Propofol contained enough of the drug for more than a single dose, the manufacturer had, in effect, encouraged Desai's clinics to re-use the vials on multiple patients and thus spread the hepatitis virus.
Two other hepatitis cases are making their way through the system. One is set to begin next week in District Court. Another is in limbo because of a stay issued by the Nevada Supreme Court. What is not immediately obvious is how little the public -- especially jurors -- have been allowed to hear about all of the circumstances surrounding the hepatitis infections.
If lawyers for Teva and Baxter felt a bit shell shocked after that first trial, we could hardly blame them. They're not about to attack the integrity of Nevada's courts, not with other cases still pending, but they had to be shaking their heads in disbelief after the kick in the 'nads they received the first time around. As noted in this space previously, the presiding judge, Jesse Walsh, was viewed as overtly friendly to the plaintiff's attorneys. The fact that those attorneys contributed such a large percentage of Walsh's campaign warchest is only part of the explanation.
In case you think this is just my own perception, you should see many of the comments posted on the local legal blog Wild Wild Law, where lawyers overwhelmingly predicted that Walsh would give every benefit of the doubt to the plaintiffs. Said one lawyer requesting anonymity, "The defense counsel will get absolutely railroaded by Judge Walsh, and when I say railroaded, I mean prison raped."
Those of us out here in the cheap seats were under the impression hepatitis was spread through previously used needles and Desai and/or his managers ordered employees to re-use needles as a way of saving money. The jury wasn't allowed to hear such allegations during the first trial. Walsh said the defendants were not allowed to tell the jury Desai's staffers had ignored the warnings on the Propofol vials. They were also denied the chance to argue the warnings on the vials had been approved by the FDA. They were not allowed to argue there was serious misconduct on the part of doctors or nurses. Nor were they allowed to show there were other ways hepatitis could have been spread.
(CONT)
A three-judge panel of the Nevada Supreme Court upheld Walsh's decision to exclude a wide range of additional evidence and testimony. And when the second endoscopy case found its way before Judge Kathleen Delaney, she ruled all of the previously excluded stuff should be allowed into the trial. Delaney felt it should be up to a jury to decide the true cause of the hepatitis infections. The plaintiffs made quick work of Delaney by appealing to the same Supreme Court panel, which put the second case into limbo by issuing an indeterminate stay.
ReplyDeleteThat brings us to case No. 3, set to begin next week. The judge in that case has generally ruled the same way Walsh ruled. Among the evidence being excluded is a compelling pile of information about what sounds like a far more probable source of the hepatitis infection. As described in legal documents filed with the Supreme Court, Desai's clinics routinely ignored the most basic protocols for sanitizing instruments. They used "filthy endoscopes and accessories without proper disinfection" and they systematically cross contaminated all of these instruments by dropping them into a "primordial soup filled with human blood, feces, and tissue."
Essentially, the Desai clinics allegedly cleaned all of their instruments in the same sinks, and all at once, but failed to use the most basic disinfection techniques. Nationally known experts are prepared to testify this is almost certainly the reason hepatitis spread. However, because Desai and his insurance carrier don't have deep enough pockets, defendants are going after the two drug companies, and they are being aided by hometown rulings that have so far gutted any chance the out-of-town guys have to defend themselves.
Maybe it's natural for regular folks to root against the big, bad corporations, especially if they are not local companies to begin with. But that billion-dollar verdict is money that comes out of all of our pockets. If it is allowed to stand, and if other similar jury awards are issued, the cost will be reflected in everyone's insurance bill.
At a minimum, one would hope that a court case filed to find out who caused the infections of local citizens -- and how it was done -- would at a minimum allow jurors to hear a full and honest evaluation of the case, not merely the parts that personal injury lawyers have selectively chosen, and which their friends on the bench have decided to back up.
Quote of the week: "This [election result] is not an endorsement of the Republican Party. What it means is that they are putting us on probation to see what we can do." -- U.S. Sen. John Ensign, on election night. ... Wonder who at the Review-Journal drew the short straw and had to write the headline about Sen. Harry Reid's victory? The newspaper essentially went all-in for Sharron Angle, in both its editorial and news coverage, and must have had to swallow hard when those numbers started pouring in on Tuesday night.
George Knapp is a Peabody Award-winning investigative reporter for KLAS-TV Channel 8. You can reach him at gknapp@klastv.com.
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I hope Koning gets it. It would be nice to have somebody on the bench with trial experience, gray hair and a good disposition. I'm sick of some of the sourpusses we have on that bench. Would it kill some of those Judges to smile every now and then?
ReplyDeleteThe committee gives the governor three names and he interviews them and then selects one.
ReplyDeleteI was on Dave Barker's team with the DA when he was selected as a DC Judge so I know quite a bit about the process.
Who can help provide the names of the judges who were initially appointed. I'm no scholar of the court, but the three I can think of are three of my favorites: Barker, Gonzalez, and Cadish. Please tell me Leavitt and Walsh were elected, it will really help my argument.
ReplyDeleteDept. 1 (Cory): Appointed
ReplyDeleteDept 2 (Vega): Appointed
Dept. 3 (Herndon): Appointed
Dept. 4 (Hardcastle):
Dept. 5 (Glass): Elected
Dept. 6 (Cadish): Appointed
Dept. 7 (Bell): Elected
Dept. 8 (Smith): Elected
Dept. 9 (Togliatti): Appointed
Dept. 10 (Walsh): Elected
Dept. 11 (Gonzalez): Appointed
Dept. 12 (Leavitt): Appointed
Dept. 13 (Denton): Appointed
Dept. 14 (Mosley): Elected
Dept. 15 (Silver): Elected
Dept. 16 (Williams): Appointed
Dept. 17 (Villani): Appointed
Dept. 18 (Barker): Appointed
Dept. 19 (Earl): Appointed
Dept. 20 (Vacant):
Dept 21 (Adair): Elected
Dept. 22 (Johnson): Elected
Dept. 23 (Miley): Elected
Dept. 24 (Bixler): Elected
Dept. 25 (Delaney): Elected
Thanks 4:16. I still think it weighs in favor of appointment. I mean, Leavitt was a legacy hire so of course she would be appointed, I should have thought of that.
ReplyDeleteSome of the appointed suck and some of the elected are decent. But appointment is clearly better. Especially a more involved appointment system like the one proposed on the ballot.
"appointment is CLEARLY better." yep, end of argument. how could anyone think otherwise?
ReplyDeleteHere are grades from an anonymous lawyer practicing for a while in the Great Eighth.
ReplyDeleteDept. 1 (Cory): Appointed - C
Dept 2 (Vega): Appointed - C
Dept. 3 (Herndon): Appointed - A
Dept. 4 (Hardcastle): - C
Dept. 5 (Glass): Elected - D
Dept. 6 (Cadish): Appointed - A
Dept. 7 (Bell): Elected - C
Dept. 8 (Smith): Elected - C
Dept. 9 (Togliatti): Appointed - B
Dept. 10 (Walsh): Elected - D
Dept. 11 (Gonzalez): Appointed - A
Dept. 12 (Leavitt): Appointed - D
Dept. 13 (Denton): Appointed - A
Dept. 14 (Mosley): Elected - D
Dept. 15 (Silver): Elected - C
Dept. 16 (Williams): Appointed - B
Dept. 17 (Villani): Appointed - C
Dept. 18 (Barker): Appointed - A
Dept. 19 (Earl): Appointed - A
Dept. 20 (Vacant):
Dept 21 (Adair): Elected - B
Dept. 22 (Johnson): Elected - B
Dept. 23 (Miley): Elected - D
Dept. 24 (Bixler): Elected - C
Dept. 25 (Delaney): Elected - B
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ReplyDeleteDept. 1 (Cory): Appointed – C (agree)
Dept 2 (Vega): Appointed – C (B)
Dept. 3 (Herndon): Appointed – A (agree)
Dept. 4 (Hardcastle): - C (agree)
Dept. 5 (Glass): Elected – D (C+)
Dept. 6 (Cadish): Appointed – A (B-)
Dept. 7 (Bell): Elected – C (Was an F, moving toward C)
Dept. 8 (Smith): Elected – C (ugh)
Dept. 9 (Togliatti): Appointed – B (A-)
Dept. 10 (Walsh): Elected – D (F)
Dept. 11 (Gonzalez): Appointed – A (B)
Dept. 12 (Leavitt): Appointed – D (F)
Dept. 13 (Denton): Appointed – A
Dept. 14 (Mosley): Elected – D (agree)
Dept. 15 (Silver): Elected – C (C-)
Dept. 16 (Williams): Appointed – B (agree)
Dept. 17 (Villani): Appointed – C (agree)
Dept. 18 (Barker): Appointed – A (agree)
Dept. 19 (Earl): Appointed – A (agree)
Dept. 20 (Vacant):
Dept 21 (Adair): Elected – B (B-)
Dept. 22 (Johnson): Elected – B (agree)
Dept. 23 (Miley): Elected – D (agree)
Dept. 24 (Bixler): Elected – C (D+)
Dept. 25 (Delaney): Elected – B (don’t know)
Jones Vargas BK partner and associate left for Armstrong Teasedale.
ReplyDeleteDept. 1 (Cory): Appointed - C (A)
ReplyDeleteDept 2 (Vega): Appointed - C (B)
Dept. 3 (Herndon): Appointed - A(agree)
Dept. 4 (Hardcastle): - C (B)
Dept. 5 (Glass): Elected - D (B)
Dept. 6 (Cadish): Appointed - A(agree)
Dept. 7 (Bell): Elected - C (B)
Dept. 8 (Smith): Elected - C (D)
Dept. 9 (Togliatti): Appointed - B(agree)
Dept. 10 (Walsh): Elected - D (agree)
Dept. 11 (Gonzalez): Appointed - A (agree)
Dept. 12 (Leavitt): Appointed - D (C)
Dept. 13 (Denton): Appointed - A (agree)
Dept. 14 (Mosley): Elected - D (C)
Dept. 15 (Silver): Elected - C (A)
Dept. 16 (Williams): Appointed - B (A)
Dept. 17 (Villani): Appointed - C (B)
Dept. 18 (Barker): Appointed - A (B)
Dept. 19 (Earl): Appointed - A (agree)
Dept. 20 (Vacant):
Dept 21 (Adair): Elected - B (C)
Dept. 22 (Johnson): Elected - B (agree)
Dept. 23 (Miley): Elected - D (agree)
Dept. 24 (Bixler): Elected - C (A)
Dept. 25 (Delaney): Elected - B (agree)
Thanks for playing!