Employment Opportunity: State Bar of Nevada Assistant Bar Counsel

The State Bar of Nevada is currently

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

• Representing the state bar in formal and informal discipline, and reinstatement hearings before panels of disciplinary boards by drafting pleadings, presenting evidence and examining witnesses at hearings, and preparing findings and orders;

• Preparing appellate briefs, developing strategy and delivering oral arguments in discipline matters before the Nevada Supreme Court;

• Providing informal ethics opinions to state bar members over the telephone;

• Investigating allegations of unauthorized practice of law and, when necessary, seeking civil injunctions pursuant to NRS 7.285; and

• Preparing and presenting ethics, discipline and related continuing legal education programs for the courts, state agencies, legal service organizations and law firms.

A list of current job openings can be found on the bar's website. A complete job description for the Assistant Bar Counsel position is available as a downloadable PDF. Qualified applicants may submit resumes for consideration to HROBC@nvbar.org.

Finalists Selected for Openings in Eighth Judicial District Court

The Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection has chosen the final nominees for two open judicial seats in the Eighth Judicial District Court, Departments 15 and 20. The selection of Judges Abbi Silver and Jerome Tao to the Nevada Court of Appeals created the vacancies.

A total of 25 attorneys submitted applications. The commission conducted interviews earlier this week and then selected the finalists. Its nominees for the open seats, in alphabetical order by district court department, are:

Department 15

• Mary F. Chapman
• Joseph Paul Hardy, Jr.
• Louis Eric Johnson

Department 20

• Karl Wesley Armstrong
• Joseph Paul Hardy, Jr.
• Louis Eric Johnson

Governor Brian Sandoval will appoint the new judges from the list above. More information on all of the applicants is available on the Nevada Judiciary website.

Volunteer Attorneys Needed for Law Day Classroom Visits

Every year in the weeks leading up to Law Day, attorneys take the time to visit a Nevada classroom or two, where they speak to the students and answer their questions. Elementary, middle and high schools all over the state participate, so many volunteer speakers are needed!

Law Day is May 1, and the 2015 Law Day theme is the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. For more information on the Law Day theme, a discussion guide for lawyers and judges visiting classrooms is available to download from the American Bar Association's website.

Those interested in volunteering should contact Kathleen Dickinson at kathleend@nvbar.org or (702) 317-1408.

Free Las Vegas CLE: Auto Fraud

Attorneys Dan Wulz and Sophia Medina are presenting a CLE seminar, Attorney's Fees in Auto Fraud Cases: Doing Well by Doing Good. The presentation will take place on Friday, April 10 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada. Lunch will be provided.

This seminar is free for attorneys willing to represent clients whose automobile dealers have taken advantage of them, or whose vehicles have been illegally repossessed. The presentation is worth two CLE credit hours and covers the specifics of Nevada law in the areas of automobile sales, deceptive trade practices and recovery of attorney's fees. For more information or to register, download the event flier.

All attorneys attending this seminar must agree to take one new pro bono case through the Pro Bono Project. Find out more about the Pro Bono Project and its upcoming CLE events by visiting the Pro Bono Project Calendar online. The staff at the Pro Bono Project is always happy to answer questions; just email probono@lacsn.org or call (702) 386-1444.