The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s 2025 Judicial Performance Evaluation asked questions about 101 judges from the Nevada Supreme Court and multiple lower courts.
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Nevada’s appellate courts are full of judges who are experienced and fair in the courtroom, according to Clark County lawyers.
Fourteen judges received retention scores over 90 percent in the Review-Journal’s 2025 Judicial Performance Evaluation and are considered strong performers.
Lawyers gave some of the highest scores to the judges serving on the municipal and justice courts of North Las Vegas, Las Vegas and Henderson — and some of the lowest, too.
Lawyers who filled out the Review-Journal’s 2025 Judicial Performance Evaluation want two Clark County district judges to leave the bench but gave high marks to others.
District Judge Erika Ballou has been suspended from the bench, censured and removed from all criminal cases.
The Review-Journal partnered with Our Nevada Judges to publish data on how often a high court overturns a Clark County judge’s ruling.
The Review-Journal’s 2025 Judicial Performance Evaluation, which rates more than 100 Nevada judges ahead of next year’s elections, arrives this weekend.
Valente Ayala recounted his account of the events that led to the shooting during a Henderson Justice Court hearing for 22-year-old Tyler Johns.
Jose Gutierrez, 19, already faces two counts of open murder, a count of attempted murder and a count of battery with a deadly weapon resulting in substantial bodily harm, according to court records.
The volunteer’s attorney said he’s heard from other Henderson employees who feel a “culture of retaliation” exists within the city’s government.
Police previously said “a verbal altercation occurred.” The defendants, who pleaded guilty to murder, apologized in court.
A Las Vegas attorney found to have committed misconduct in a case against Cristiano Ronaldo has been temporarily suspended and faces disbarment, court records show.
Federal prosecutors said the man attempted to go through security using a woman’s boarding pass and tried to stab police officers with their own pen in November.
Anthony Coffield, 35, made a brief appearance in Henderson Justice Court, where his attorney waived the reading of charges against the teacher.