Judging the Judges 2010 - Municipal Courts

The RJ's Judging the Judges poll results are out, and today it's time to acknowledge some of our lesser-known jurists. Here's the numbers for our municipal court judges:

Las Vegas Municipal Court:

• George Assad: 31% would retain
• Bert M. Brown: 93% would retain
• Martin D. Hastings: 86% would retain
• Cedric A. Kerns: 82% would retain
• Elizabeth B. Kolkoski: 58% would retain
• Cynthia S. Leung: 73% would retain

Henderson Municipal Court:

• Diana D. Hampton: 38% would retain
• Douglas Hedger: 74% would retain
• Mark Stevens: 57% would retain

North Las Vegas Municipal Court:

• Sean Hoeffgen: 56% would retain
• Warren VanLandschoot: 56% would retain

Congratulations to George Assad for obtaining the lowest overall retention score of any judge in Clark County. Way to go, Your Honor! Also, congratulations to Warran VanLandschoot for having the most awesome name ever.

Let us know your thoughts on the results of the municipal court poll in the comments. That does it for our coverage of the JTJ polls ... until 2012.

(LVRJ - Municipal Court PDF)

Judging the Judges 2010 - Justice Courts

The RJ's Judging the Judges poll results are out, and today it's time to hit the front lines ... Justice Court. Here's the numbers for our justices of the peace:

Las Vegas Township:

• Karen Bennett-Haron: 58% would retain
• Natalie Tyrrell: 63% would retain
• Nancy C. Oesterle: 65% would retain
• Eric A. Goodman: 66% would retain
• Ann E. Zimmerman : 71% would retain
• Tony L. Abbatangelo: 71% would retain
• William D. Jansen: 72% would retain
• Diana L. Sullivan: 75% would retain
• Deborah J. Lippis: 79% would retain
• Joe M. Bonaventure: 81% would retain
• Melissa Saragosa: 83% would retain
• Melanie Andress-Tobiason: 86% would retain
• Joseph Sciscento: 91% would retain

Henderson Township:

• David Gibson, Sr.: 81% would retain
• Stephen George: 90% would retain
• Rodney T. Burr: 92% would retain

North Las Vegas Township:

• Chris Lee: 72% would retain
• Stephen J. Dahl: 86% would retain

Not much to say here ... it looks like Joe Jr., in spite of his limited experience when he took the bench, has overcome the odds and become quite the judge. Good for him.

Let us know your thoughts on the results of the justice court poll in the comments. We'll be posting about the last poll tomorrow.

(LVRJ - Justice Court PDF)

Judging the Judges 2010 - District Court

The RJ's Judging the Judges poll results are out, and our district court judges run the gamut from good to bad. Here's how the numbers brake down for our DC judges:

• Judge Valerie Adair: 80% would retain
• Judge David Barker: 91% would retain
• Judge Linda Bell: 81% would retain
• Judge James Bixler: 78% would retain
• Judge Elissa Cadish: 86% would retain
• Judge Kenneth Cory: 74% would retain
• Judge Kathleen Delaney: 81% would retain
• Judge Mark Denton: 81% would retain
• Judge Allan Earl: 82% would retain
• Judge Jackie Glass: 60% would retain
• Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez: 83% would retain
• Judge Kathy Hardcastle: 46% would retain
• Judge Douglas Herndon: 87% would retain
• Judge Susan Johnson: 82% would retain
• Judge Michelle Leavitt: 43% would retain
• Judge Stefany Miley: 42% would retain
• Judge Donald Mosley: 57% would retain
• Judge Abbi Silver: 62% would retain
• Judge Douglas Smith: 63% would retain
• Judge Jennifer Togliatti: 83% would retain
• Judge Valorie Vega: 65% would retain
• Judge Michael Villani: 78% would retain
• Judge David Wall: 91% would retain
• Judge Jessie Walsh: 36% would retain
• Judge Timothy Williams: 82% would retain

Congratulations to the Davids (Barker and Wall) for being the only DC judges to get greater than a 90% retention score ... and congratulations to Nevada voters for giving Jessie Walsh at least four more years on the bench. Let us know your thoughts on the results of the district court poll in the comments. We'll be posting about the remaining polls throughout the week.

(LVRJ - District Court PDF)

Judging the Judges 2010 - The Supremes

The RJ's Judging the Judges poll results are out. It seems that attorneys feel everyone on our highest court is a keeper ... well, almost everyone. Here's how the numbers brake down for the High Court:

• Justice Michael Cherry: 74% would retain
• Justice Michael Douglas: 72% would retain
• Justice Mark Gibbons: 85% would retain
• Justice James Hardesty: 73% would retain
• Justice Ron Parraguire: 82% would retain
• Justice Kristina Pickering: 65% would retain
• Justice Nancy Saitta: 50% would retain

One (maybe two) of these things is not like the others ... why? Let us know your thoughts on the results of the Supreme's poll in the comments. We'll be posting about the remaining polls throughout the week.

(LVRJ - Supremes PDF)

How Did You Judge The Judges?

The RJ recently sent its election-year Judging the Judges poll out to local attorneys. We're curious as to how attorneys approach this poll.

Did you blow it off, or did you sacrifice some billables to fairly evaluate each judge you appear in front of. Did you just rate those judges whom you want off the bench? How did you vote on the elected vs. appointed judges proposition?

Let's try to get a little preview of this year's poll, and some suggestions on how the poll could be improved. Who's a keeper, and who's out? Also, in light of what happened with Judge Walsh last election ... is the poll even relevant? Sound off in the comments.