Charles "Chuck" Hoskin

Taught as an adjunct professor at the Community College of Southern Nevada.

October 1, 2026

Source: aicpaconferences.com

Was voted Family Court Judge of the Year by the family-law bar in 2011.

October 1, 2026

Source: aicpaconferences.com

Received the Clark County Bar Association’s Volunteer of the Year award in 1999 and Circle of Support award in 2001.

October 1, 2026

Source: aicpaconferences.com

Served on Nevada’s children’s commission subcommittees. Also served on a task force seeking safe parent visits for children in abusive relationships.

October 1, 2026

Source: law.unlv.edu

Received the Las Vegas Police Protective Association’s endorsement for Family Court Department E in 2020.

October 1, 2026

Source: lvppapac.com

Received SEIU Local 1107’s endorsement for Family Court Department E in 2026.

September 30, 2026

Source: seiunv.org

Served as a judicial liaison for the State Bar of Nevada’s Family Law Section.

September 30, 2026

Source: nvbar.org

Received the Nevada State AFL-CIO endorsement for Family Court Department E in 2026.

September 29, 2026

Source: media.linkedunion.com

Received Culinary Workers Union Local 226’s endorsement for Family Court Department E in 2026.

September 29, 2026

Source: culinaryunion226.org

Received the Las Vegas Police Protective Association endorsement for Family Court Department E in 2026.

September 22, 2026

Source: cdn.prod.website-files.com

Received the Teamsters Joint Council 42 endorsement for Family Court Department E in 2026.

September 16, 2026

Source: teamstersjc42.com

Received the Operative Plasterers’ and Cement Masons’ Local 797 endorsement for Family Court Department E in 2026.

September 14, 2026

Source: media.linkedunion.com

Received Nevada Family Law Group’s endorsement for Family Court Department E.

August 17, 2026

Source: nevadafamilylaw.com

Received the Las Vegas Metro Police Managers and Supervisors Association endorsement for Family Court Department E in the 2026 primary.

May 27, 2026

Source: lvpmsa.org

Received the Clark County Prosecutors Association endorsement for Family Court Department E in 2026.

May 12, 2026

Source: clarkcountyprosecutors.org

Was appointed to Family Court Department E in March 2009. Was elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014 and 2020. Served as Family Division presiding judge from January 2014 through December 2017.

March 24, 2026

Source: clarkcountycourts.us

Served on the Ad Hoc Family Judicial Council.

March 24, 2026

Source: clarkcountycourts.us

Veterans In Politics International urged voters to reject his reelection in 2026.

December 27, 2025

Source: veteransinpolitics.org

Received support for remaining on the bench from 82.9% of 105 responses in the Review-Journal’s 2025 attorney survey.

December 7, 2025

Source: reviewjournal.com

Amended his financial disclosure to report George Mason University reimbursements for judicial education. His statement acknowledged that he had not reported those expenses before.

June 23, 2025

Source: disclosures.nvcourts.nv.gov

Suggested a sliding percentage scale for child support when parents had different incomes. Agency draft minutes recorded the suggestion.

November 15, 2024

Source: dss.nv.gov

Was elected co-chair of Nevada’s Child Support Guidelines Committee, according to agency draft minutes.

November 15, 2024

Source: dss.nv.gov

Sought clarification of a child-support cap recognized by the Supreme Court, according to agency draft minutes. Later agreed to leave the committee’s language unchanged. No vote was taken.

November 15, 2024

Source: dss.nv.gov

Coauthored a 2024 article supporting more family-court judges and resources to reduce delays in resolving cases.

October 28, 2024

Source: nvbar.org

Recalculated unpaid spousal support after remarriage and valued a spouse’s home share. The appeals court upheld the support decision but required current home values and relevant mortgage contributions.

July 10, 2023

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Denied reopening custody and visitation decisions. Applying later precedent, the appeals court required detailed reasons. He then applied those factors and again denied reopening. A later appeal upheld that decision and continued supervised-visit restrictions.

May 30, 2023

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Entered a divorce and custody decision after hearing evidence despite the mother’s absence, then denied reopening it. The appeals court upheld the reopening denial because notice and service were valid; it dismissed the direct appeal as late.

July 7, 2022

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Returned a custody case to its assigned judge after rejecting a second request to replace the judge. The Nevada Supreme Court declined an emergency challenge to that ruling.

January 21, 2021

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Received the Las Vegas Sun endorsement for Family Court Department E in 2020.

October 7, 2020

Source: lasvegassun.com

Received the Asian American Group’s endorsement for Family Court Department E in the 2020 general election.

September 11, 2020

Source: asianamericangroup.org

Processed the court’s first order through its electronic signing system on April 13, 2020.

April 13, 2020

Source: clarkcountycourts.us

Denied a request to change child custody in the Gibbons-Brown case. The Court of Appeals left the order in place because the appellant supplied an incomplete record and did not explain a legal error.

October 30, 2019

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Testified about mentoring Judge Rena Hughes on visitation enforcement. He acknowledged probably describing Child Haven as a jail, then called that inaccurate, and said children’s best interests must control custody changes. The Supreme Court later overturned discipline imposed on Hughes.

May 30, 2018

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Presented revised draft language for calculating parents’ income after child-care and health-care expenses.

April 13, 2018

Source: dss.nv.gov

Seconded definitions for shared custody, children split between parents, and children with different partners. Agency draft minutes recorded this action.

February 9, 2018

Source: dss.nv.gov

Moved to calculate child-care costs separately from the basic child-support formula.

January 17, 2018

Source: dss.nv.gov

Presented a proposed definition of child support drawn from four other jurisdictions.

January 17, 2018

Source: dss.nv.gov

Proposed setting child-support orders to zero during lengthy imprisonment, with notice to enforcement officials and review after release.

October 20, 2017

Source: dss.nv.gov

Moved to remove Nevada’s child-support maximum caps and fixed $100 minimum while the committee examined replacement rules. Both motions passed.

September 26, 2017

Source: dss.nv.gov

Joined Judges William Voy and David Barker in imposing a one-week unpaid suspension on hearing master Jennifer Henry after a juvenile hearing. The discipline commission rejected one charge but admonished Henry for courtroom conduct; the Supreme Court upheld the discipline.

October 14, 2016

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Was appointed to Nevada’s Child Support Commission.

July 7, 2016

Source: archive.leg.state.nv.us

Denied a request to remove an opposing lawyer from the Pond family case. The Nevada Supreme Court declined an emergency challenge to the decision.

September 8, 2015

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Filed a judicial-discipline complaint against hearing master Sylvia Beller. Beller later accepted a public reprimand for unprofessional courtroom comments to a prosecutor.

May 8, 2015

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Testified for additional fees when an uncontested divorce later required contested court proceedings. Argued for fees tied to the court resources used.

May 6, 2015

Source: archive.leg.state.nv.us

Denied an objection to a guardianship commissioner’s accounting and fee recommendations after finding no clear error. He disclosed an unrelated contact about guardianship complaints; both lawyers raised no objection to his participation.

December 16, 2014

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Gave the mother primary custody and permission to move to Tennessee. Applying a later decision, the Supreme Court required fuller analysis of her reasons and the children’s interests.

September 24, 2014

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Received IBEW Local 1245’s endorsement for Family Court Department E in 2010.

September 23, 2014

Source: ibew1245.com

Allowed visitation under the Ocasio divorce decree. The Nevada Supreme Court declined an emergency request to stop that ruling.

August 12, 2014

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Adopted a commissioner’s recommendation to reject a guardianship petition because existing estate documents named someone else. The Supreme Court upheld the order after no timely objection or clear factual error was shown.

May 1, 2014

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Awarded a father primary custody and declined to enter a judgment for claimed child-support arrears. The Supreme Court upheld the orders, while treating the missing hearing transcript as supporting his evidence rulings.

December 9, 2010

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Issued a divorce decree after Judge James Brennan heard the trial. The Supreme Court upheld the property division and a later refusal to reopen the case over a condominium refund.

March 30, 2009

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Received the Las Vegas Sun endorsement for Family Court Department R in 2008.

October 13, 2008

Source: lasvegassun.com

Served as an adjunct professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas law school.

October 1, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: law.unlv.edu

Denied a father’s custody-change request and penalized unpaid support. The appeals court upheld custody but required consideration of his overlooked support-change request. Contempt penalties required findings about his ability to pay.

August 21, 2026Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Divided divorce property and awarded spousal and education support. The appeals court upheld property and education support but required monthly support recalculated without counting income already divided as property. It rejected the bias claim.

June 18, 2026Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Earned economics and law degrees at the University of Utah and Lewis & Clark. Edited a law-review section on federal appeals and practiced family law before becoming a judge.

March 24, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: clarkcountycourts.us

Awarded spousal support and repayment for marital money spent on vacations with a girlfriend. The appeals court upheld his findings and a later fee award. Future support ended when the wife died.

March 16, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Gave the mother primary custody and support and rejected an alleged parenting agreement. The appeals court upheld those decisions but required further reasons for awarding lawyer fees.

March 5, 2026Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Awarded a mother primary custody and kept her child at the current school. The appeals court upheld both decisions. It found a possible inaccurate custody label had not affected the evidence-based result.

January 20, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Denied extended spousal support, increased child support and ordered repayment of schooling-related support. Appeals upheld the first two decisions but overturned repayment for inadequate notice. They directed payment of $6,500 in unpaid fees without an offset.

August 21, 2025Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Taught family lawyers about evidence, exhibits and objections at the 2016 Nevada Family Law Conference.

July 31, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: nvbar.org

Volunteered as a faculty member for the National Judicial College in 2024.

April 30, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: judges.org

Ordered repayment for an $800,000 loss of marital funds and awarded spousal support. The appeals court upheld the awards but found his reliance on an injunction that had never been issued was harmless.

November 20, 2024Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Divided retirement funds and awarded spousal support and fees. Appeals overturned counting spent funds as an existing asset and assuming unsupported earnings. Support also overlooked current expenses. Related fees were set aside.

September 19, 2024Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Denied a mother’s request to move the children to Ohio without hearing evidence. The appeals court required a hearing and analysis of acknowledged domestic violence and the factors governing relocation.

June 26, 2024Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Divided divorce property, set support and awarded $5,500 in lawyer fees. The appeals court upheld the property division but required updated income information for support and reasons supporting the fees.

April 29, 2024Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Awarded a mother primary custody and divided disputed property and retirement withdrawals. The appeals court upheld his evidence-based findings. It also found the father had notice and an opportunity to address missing financial records.

March 22, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Awarded grandparents primary physical custody after finding that parental neglect overcame the usual preference for parents. Ordered child support and an equal division of marital property. The Court of Appeals upheld the decree; further review was denied.

August 22, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Changed custody after repeated violations of medical and visitation orders. Rejected the children’s gender expression as a new circumstance because it predated the earlier agreement. The appeals court upheld the final order. It rejected an unsupported claim of bias against a transgender parent.

February 15, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Changed shared custody to primary custody with the mother. The appeals court required findings about the father’s caregiving and responsibility for parental conflict. Other challenges failed, including an unsupported claim of bias.

September 29, 2022Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Ordered equal shared physical custody after hearing evidence. The appeals court required further explanation connecting that arrangement to his findings about the child’s best interests.

September 29, 2022Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Denied camera access and sealed a custody case under then-required privacy rules. The Supreme Court ruled those automatic rules unconstitutional and ordered the camera denial reversed. It later ordered the public list of filings opened because he used wrong sealing rules and lacked specific privacy findings.

August 19, 2022Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Enforced payment of divorce property with interest and lawyer fees. Earlier appeals required corrected property findings and then upheld revised home shares. The later appeal upheld interest but required reasons for the lawyer fees.

June 29, 2022Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Required the mother to provide after-school care during the father’s parenting time. The appeals court required a hearing to resolve disputed facts about the child’s needs, school program and parental conflict.

April 28, 2022Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Changed custody to shared physical custody with school and therapy requirements. Later gave the father primary custody after finding untreated mental-health concerns affected the child’s care. Appeals upheld both custody orders and sharing the child’s benefits.

January 24, 2022Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Kept parents’ shared custody after hearing conflicting evidence about a requested change. The appeals court upheld his findings and equal hearing limits, noting the father had not identified evidence lost because of those limits.

December 23, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Denied a father’s request to change the custody schedule without hearing evidence. The appeals court overturned the decision because he treated shared custody as primary custody and the allegations justified a hearing.

December 13, 2021Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Declined an ongoing child-support reduction after excluding the mother’s investment income. The appeals court required a new calculation because that income counted under both the old and new rules.

November 29, 2021Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Awarded a disabled former wife $450 monthly support for eight years. The appeals court required an explanation connecting the amount and duration to both spouses’ income, disability and needs.

September 22, 2021Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Denied a request to move a child to Virginia. Gave the father primary custody once the mother could no longer follow the shared schedule. Denied the father’s legal-fee request. The appeals court upheld these decisions based on the child’s interests and relocation evidence.

August 19, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Enforced divorce financial orders and restricted a former spouse’s filings. Appeals overturned school, life-insurance and fee decisions. Later appeals overturned an unconstitutional filing ban, excessive pension collection and contempt penalties imposed without adequate opportunity to respond.

May 19, 2021Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Changed custody to a father after finding the mother had repeatedly blocked visits and contact. Also ordered replacement parenting time. The appeals court upheld both decisions, finding custody had not been changed as punishment.

April 29, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Valued a divorcing couple’s business at $180,000, then $250,000 after an appeal. The appeals court twice found the valuation unsupported and required evidence and findings, also setting aside dependent property and fee awards.

March 17, 2021Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Presided over a hearing awarding a mother primary custody. The appeals court upheld the decision but found an erroneous assessment of the father’s relationship with the children had not changed the outcome.

October 21, 2020Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Canceled a hearing on a father’s custody and support requests as already resolved. The appeals court required decisions on both requests because custody remained pending and support was unclear. It upheld contempt and lawyer-fee rulings.

June 26, 2020Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Gave the grandmother primary custody and shared decision-making with the father. The appeals court required separate analysis protecting a fit parent’s custody rights. It left the children’s placement in place during review.

April 23, 2020Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Divided divorce property and debts and awarded spousal support and lawyer fees. The appeals court required fuller property values and reasons for $15,000 in fees. It upheld rejecting claims based on previously known evidence.

January 30, 2020Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Kept primary custody with the mother and raised child support to $1,054 monthly. The appeals court upheld custody but required a calculation starting with the legal maximum and reasons for exceeding it.

January 15, 2020Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Enforced parents’ agreed schedule by treating overnight visits as full days. He added four weekly visiting hours but declined other changes. The Supreme Court upheld his interpretation and custody decision.

October 23, 2019Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Gave the mother primary custody and restricted the father to supervised visits. The appeals court required better findings and a fair chance to present evidence. After another hearing, it upheld new custody findings. It criticized his claim that the original findings sufficed.

August 22, 2019Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Left another judge’s custody, support and fee rulings unchanged after reconsideration. The appeals court upheld custody and fees but required a child-support calculation and explanation, and recommended clearer shared decision-making terms.

June 20, 2019Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Paused a custody case during the father’s Navy deployment. The appeals court required prompt consideration of temporary custody. The required military-stay request was missing, and temporary custody remained available.

June 6, 2019Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Declined to change a divorce-related student-loan payment order that differed from his spoken ruling. The appeals court upheld the decision because both lawyers approved the written order and that order controlled.

March 27, 2019Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Awarded a mother primary custody and allowed the child to live in Arizona. The Supreme Court upheld the result. It found his refusal to treat a parent’s unwanted physical force as domestic violence clearly wrong. Other evidence supported custody.

November 30, 2018Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Divided marital property, denied spousal support and awarded the wife lawyer fees. The appeals court left most decisions intact but required a legal basis and findings supporting the fees.

August 24, 2018Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Ordered $345 monthly child support where children had different custody arrangements. The Supreme Court required corrected percentages and written calculations. It announced a new formula under an ambiguous statute.

March 15, 2018Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Adopted a hearing master’s recommendation ending parental rights. The Supreme Court ordered a new hearing. The law did not authorize hearing masters to conduct these trials.

January 18, 2018Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Denied a father’s request to move his child to North Carolina and awarded the mother primary custody. The appeals court upheld both decisions because the evidence did not establish benefits from moving.

December 27, 2017Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Set parenting time, child support, spousal support, debts and lawyer fees. The appeals court upheld parenting time, spousal support and fees. It required further findings about assumed income and unequal debts, and reconsideration of those decisions.

April 28, 2017Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Changed shared custody to the mother’s primary custody after finding domestic violence. The appeals court upheld the decision but noted missing required findings about protecting the child and mother. That omission was not challenged.

March 28, 2017Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Declined to change an agreed, fixed spousal-support obligation and refused a further child-support reduction after finding deliberate underemployment. The Nevada Supreme Court upheld both decisions.

February 28, 2017Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Approved distributing guardianship funds among the guardian and lawyers without an affected creditor’s agreement. The Supreme Court set it aside because the funds’ source and payment priorities required findings.

June 30, 2016Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Recognized a mother’s existing parenting schedule as primary custody and ordered child support. The appeals court upheld both rulings. It found any unnecessary extra custody analysis had not affected the outcome.

December 15, 2015Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Denied a mother’s reunification therapy and parenting-time request, respecting her teenager’s preference. The appeals court required fuller findings on the child’s interests and parental fitness, plus a meaningful review or contact plan.

October 13, 2015Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Changed custody after giving both parents equal hearing time and declined to interview their children. The Supreme Court upheld the decision, finding interviews were not required and the other evidence supported custody.

April 16, 2015Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Ordered child support of $2,274 a month based on earning capacity after finding a parent deliberately underemployed. Awarded legal fees after comparing the parties' finances. The Nevada Supreme Court upheld both decisions.

March 13, 2014Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Reviewed and redacted a former lawyer’s handwritten notes during a dispute over a prenuptial agreement. This preserved attorney-client confidentiality while the trial judge considered disclosure.

February 14, 2014Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Declined to take over a Colorado child-custody dispute or make an emergency custody order. The Supreme Court upheld his ruling because Colorado retained authority and no qualifying emergency had been shown.

December 17, 2013Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Declined to change custody or restrict a father’s driving based on seizure allegations. The Supreme Court upheld the ruling, citing medical evidence that he could drive and the opportunity to obtain more evidence.

November 14, 2013Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Entered a divorce judgment as a penalty for incomplete document responses. The Supreme Court overturned it because custody and support required decisions on their merits. Other penalties lacked reasons explaining why lesser measures were inadequate.

October 31, 2013Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Awarded a mother primary custody in New Hampshire based on the child’s interests. The Supreme Court upheld his use of initial-custody rules, rather than rules for moving after custody had already been established.

July 24, 2013Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Refused to change divorce payments that divided property, rather than providing spousal support. The Supreme Court upheld his reading of the agreement and found the deadline for changing the property division had passed.

June 14, 2013Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Ended a grandmother’s guardianship after she repeatedly took a child to visit his jailed abuser. The Supreme Court upheld this decision. It also upheld letting prosecutors participate in protecting the child.

May 24, 2013Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Denied a child-support request after using the income a retired parent remained able to earn. The Nevada Supreme Court upheld the decision because the evidence did not show that the parent was unable to work.

October 9, 2012Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Awarded a father primary custody after finding the mother had alienated their child from him. The Supreme Court upheld his use of expert testimony and found substantial evidence supporting the custody decision.

November 21, 2011Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Denied a mother’s move to New Jersey because of daily father-child contact and travel costs. The Supreme Court rejected that reasoning and directed permission to move, with a new custody arrangement.

April 1, 2011Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Entered a divorce judgment after the husband failed to appear. The Supreme Court overturned it. The husband had participated in the case and lacked the required hearing notice.

February 25, 2011Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Entered divorce financial orders and denied support changes and a continuance. The Supreme Court upheld most decisions but corrected unpaid child support because the calculation omitted both parents’ obligations during shared custody.

September 28, 2010Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

As grandparents’ co-counsel, signed a request to clarify their visitation schedule. The Supreme Court declined a separate intervention request because an appeal was available. It later upheld custody with the mother.

June 11, 2008Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

As Daniel Wiesner’s lawyer, signed an argument opposing a decision on divorce property issues without trial and seeking fuller financial disclosures. He argued that a written agreement did not resolve all shared assets and that disputed intent required evidence.

August 22, 2006Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Represented Terry Russo at a hearing to enforce divorce financial orders. The court confirmed a net $409,055.58 judgment for his client and awarded $2,500 in attorney fees. A later appeal ended by agreement.

July 21, 2005Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

As Jacqueline Goheen’s lawyer, signed an argument opposing reopening a divorce decree. The Supreme Court later overturned the trial judge’s ruling that her former husband’s request was late, because he had submitted it on time.

November 24, 2003Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Represented Marina Cannon-Zakouto in a family-court hearing. The court granted exclusive use of the home and car and extended a protective order. It denied temporary support and attorney fees because a financial affidavit was missing.

June 6, 2000Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Represented Kathy Yanke in custody and financial-enforcement proceedings. The court denied her former husband’s custody-change request. It ordered business-sale payments and awarded $500 in attorney fees, but denied her request to revise child support.

December 30, 1999Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Was admitted to the Nevada Bar.

September 30, 1991Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: nvbar.org