Jerry A. Wiese, II
NV · Eighth Judicial District Court Judge, Department 30
Jerry Wiese has been a Clark County district judge since 2011. He grew up in Las Vegas and spent 16 years as a trial lawyer in injury, malpractice and insurance cases.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 120 records
The Nevada State AFL-CIO labor federation and Southern Nevada Central Labor Council jointly listed him as an endorsed candidate for District Court Department 30 in the 2026 general election.
September 29, 2026
Source: media.linkedunion.com
The Las Vegas Police Protective Association listed him as its endorsed candidate for District Court Department 30 in the 2026 election.
September 22, 2026
Source: cdn.prod.website-files.com
Teamsters Joint Council 42 listed him as its endorsed candidate for District Court Department 30 in the 2026 election.
September 16, 2026
Source: teamstersjc42.com
Received the Clark County Bar Association’s 2022 Judicial Excellence Award.
September 14, 2026
Source: clarkcountybar.org
Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons Local 797 listed him as its endorsed candidate for District Court Department 30 in the 2026 general election.
September 14, 2026
Source: media.linkedunion.com
The Nevada Association of Public Safety Officers endorsed him for Clark County District Court Department 30 in the 2026 general election.
September 8, 2026
Source: napso.net
Third Branch, a political action committee, listed him as its endorsed candidate for District Court Department 30 in the 2026 general election.
September 3, 2026
Source: thirdbranchnv.com
Denied reopening an October 1 shooting lawsuit based on alleged fraud affecting the court. The appeals court upheld the denial because campaign-donation and medical-record allegations did not establish fraud.
August 20, 2026
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Co-signed Administrative Order 26-03 with incoming Chief Judge Tierra Jones. The order assigned business cases to two dedicated judges and redistributed civil and criminal cases.
June 22, 2026
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
The Las Vegas Metro Police Managers and Supervisors Association listed him as its endorsed candidate for District Court Department 30 in the 2026 primary election.
May 27, 2026
Source: lvpmsa.org
The Clark County Prosecutors Association listed him as its endorsed candidate for District Court Department 30 in the 2026 election.
May 12, 2026
Source: clarkcountyprosecutors.org
The Armed Forces Chamber included him in its official endorsements for District Court Department 30 in Nevada’s 2026 election.
April 27, 2026
Source: sites.google.com
Dismissed a mortgage-settlement request based on when a five-percent ownership interest was recorded. The appeals court upheld dismissal for another reason: the other owner had not requested the process.
March 31, 2026
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Signed Administrative Order 26-02, which moved half of Department 26’s civil cases to Department 12 and Department 12’s non-homicide criminal cases to Department 26.
March 25, 2026
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Veterans In Politics International and the Nevada Veterans Association jointly endorsed him for District Court Department 30 in the 2026 primary election.
February 28, 2026
Source: veteransinpolitics.org
Rejected Ashley's request for a mortgage-settlement process because she was neither a borrower nor an owner-occupant. The Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal after the property was sold, without deciding whether that eligibility ruling was correct.
February 19, 2026
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Signed Administrative Order 26-01, which reassigned civil, family, eviction-appeal and probate cases among court departments. Probate cases concern property and debts after a person’s death.
February 5, 2026
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Signed an education and job-training agreement with College of Southern Nevada President Stacy Klippenstein for young adults in specialty court programs.
January 6, 2026
Source: news.csn.edu
Signed Administrative Order 25-07, which required a formal written order after each contested legal issue in a criminal case and set deadlines for preparing those orders.
December 31, 2025
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Served on Nevada’s Specialty Court Funding and Policy Committee, which covers courts that combine supervision with treatment.
December 23, 2025
Source: nvcourts.gov
Signed Administrative Order 25-06 with the presiding civil judge. It set filing, notice, objection and hearing rules for probate cases, which concern property and debts after a person’s death.
September 26, 2025
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Published commentary requesting additional judges and a new courthouse to address growing court workloads.
September 24, 2025
Source: clarkcountybar.org
Signed Administrative Order 25-05, which authorized two-year courthouse bans for disruptive visitors after chief-marshal review. It preserved access for hearings, required appearances, filings and jury service.
July 28, 2025
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Signed Administrative Order 25-04, which reassigned criminal, civil and medical malpractice cases among court departments. Medical malpractice cases concern alleged harm from improper medical care.
May 15, 2025
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Served on the Las Vegas Area Council’s executive board and as its executive vice president for programs.
April 22, 2025
Source: scoutinglvac.org
Issued a public warning about fake jury-duty arrest warrants and requests for money. He described text-message versions of the scam.
March 13, 2025
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Signed Administrative Order 25-03, which reassigned criminal calendars and 500 recent civil cases among district court departments.
March 11, 2025
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
As chief judge, refused to reconsider another department's denial of transfer in Nunnery's conviction challenge. The Supreme Court declined to intervene because his administrative grievance authority did not permit overruling another department's decision on the underlying claims.
March 6, 2025
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Formed a judicial working group and named Art Ritchie its chair to update a 2005 study of the time judges needed for different types of cases.
February 11, 2025
Source: archive.leg.state.nv.us
Testified on Assembly Bill 66 and requested 18 additional Clark County district judges. He said shorter waits for trials were the reason for the request.
February 11, 2025
Source: archive.leg.state.nv.us
Signed Administrative Order 25-02, which moved a supervised treatment court for veterans facing criminal charges to Department 1. It assigned mental-health hearings to a hearing officer under that department’s oversight.
January 31, 2025
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Signed Administrative Order 25-01, which split probate cases between two court commissioners and set hearings twice a week. Probate cases concern property and debts after a person’s death.
January 24, 2025
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Presented awards to judges Charles Hoskin and David Gibson for signing the court’s first and millionth electronic orders.
December 20, 2024
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Denied Loaris's request to remove the judge in a criminal protection-order case. The Supreme Court declined to intervene because the cited police report was part of the court record and actual bias was not shown.
December 11, 2024
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Signed Administrative Order 24-09, which assigned cases involving court-ordered isolation or quarantine to two family court departments and named a third for conflicts.
November 7, 2024
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
As chief judge, refused to remove Judge Michelle Leavitt from Richardson's conviction challenge. The Supreme Court declined to intervene because the asserted grounds did not establish a clear abuse of the judge's impartiality assessment.
October 24, 2024
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
As chief judge, rejected Trapasso's renewed request to transfer an unmarried couple's property case to Family Division. The Supreme Court declined to intervene because the request was late, the civil court had authority and no family case was pending when transfer was first requested.
October 17, 2024
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
As chief judge, rejected Jones's renewed request to transfer a former couple's property case to Family Division. The Supreme Court declined to review the underlying claims because Jones had not supplied the signed underlying transfer order.
October 17, 2024
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Signed Administrative Order 24-08, which required online hearings for election disputes after 5 p.m. on Election Day in 2024. It provided public online access. An earlier signed order extended filing hours and assigned judges for election disputes.
October 15, 2024
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Allowed foreclosure after reviewing objections to the lender’s conduct in a mortgage-settlement process. The appeals court upheld the ruling. Bad faith or a lack of authority to settle was not established.
September 20, 2024
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Allowed foreclosure after nobody timely challenged a mediator’s report from a mortgage-settlement process. The appeals court upheld the procedure. It did not review arguments raised too late.
August 14, 2024
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Signed Administrative Order 24-05, which transferred 100 recently filed civil cases from Department 11 and 40 from Department 4 to Department 21.
August 8, 2024
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Signed Administrative Order 24-06, which assigned supervisory and case-management duties to the court’s presiding family, criminal and civil judges.
August 8, 2024
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Signed Administrative Order 24-04, which named Linda Marquis the lead judge for youth criminal cases. It reassigned those cases among court departments.
August 2, 2024
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Issued Administrative Order 24-03, which moved 57 medical malpractice cases from Department 8 to six other departments. These cases concern alleged harm from improper medical care.
July 31, 2024
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Signed Administrative Order 24-02, which assigned related custody and domestic cases to the judge already handling a child-abuse or neglect case involving the same parties.
July 22, 2024
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Published commentary explaining the district court’s electronic orders, warrant system and other court technology.
April 19, 2024
Source: clarkcountybar.org
Signed Administrative Order 24-01, which reassigned civil cases and hearing duties for mental-health and domestic-violence protection cases.
April 16, 2024
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
As chief judge, denied Serhal's request to remove Judge Jessica Peterson after trial. The Supreme Court declined to intervene, citing its prior precedent and Serhal's unexplained delay in challenging the April 2023 ruling.
April 12, 2024
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Published commentary on courthouse security after the attack on Judge Mary Kay Holthus. It reported additional security officers and addressed the court’s response.
February 28, 2024
Source: clarkcountybar.org
Served on Clark County’s family and juvenile justice policy board. Asked about quality checks during its discussion of training and outside audits of youth assessments.
February 22, 2024
Source: clarkcountynv.gov
After receiving Deobra Redden's formal charges approved by a grand jury, Judge Wiese issued an arrest warrant without bail and ordered a pretrial risk assessment. He left a bail hearing available before the judge assigned to the case.
February 8, 2024
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Partly granted a challenge to denial of a special-use permit and required further proceedings. The Supreme Court declined one challenge because an appeal was available and later dismissed an appeal because the ruling had not finally resolved the case.
December 27, 2023
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Signed the second amended Administrative Order 23-05. It redistributed civil, criminal, eviction-appeal and youth cases, plus family guardianship cases about court-appointed care for another person.
December 19, 2023
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Served on the Clark County Law Library Board of Trustees. County minutes recorded his October 17, 2023 appointment for a term ending in 2025.
October 17, 2023
Source: clarkcountynv.gov
As chief judge, granted T. Matthew Phillips's request to replace Judge Michael Cherry after Cherry did not respond to the removal request. He denied requests for penalties and paused other motions until a new judge was assigned.
July 27, 2023
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Signed Administrative Order 23-04, which banned photography and audio or video recording in courthouse common areas without approval from designated court officials. It required written requests and allowed removal for violations.
July 21, 2023
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Presided over young-adult treatment and supervised-probation court hearings. He reviewed participants’ treatment, school and work progress and recognized graduates.
May 22, 2023
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Found breaches of a massage-business ownership agreement but declined damages because the amount was not proved. The appeals court upheld the ruling based on unreliable financial records and gaps in the appeal record.
May 11, 2023
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Received the Las Vegas Area Council’s Silver Beaver Award for youth leadership and service. His service included Scoutmaster, youth-program leader and leadership-course instructor.
April 4, 2023
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Signed Administrative Order 23-03, which reassigned civil and family cases and moved a treatment court for people returning from prison to Department 30.
March 21, 2023
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Served as co-chair of Clark County’s Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, which brings justice-system agencies together.
February 23, 2023
Source: clarkcountynv.gov
Signed Administrative Order 23-02, which created a committee to examine filing costs and information barriers in court cases about appointing a guardian to care for a child.
February 22, 2023
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Presented the Eighth Judicial District Court’s workload, case backlog and court programs to the Nevada Assembly Judiciary Committee.
February 17, 2023
Source: archive.leg.state.nv.us
Signed Administrative Order 23-01, which reassigned eviction appeals, family cases and supervised treatment courts for veterans and people with gambling problems among court departments.
January 31, 2023
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Signed amended Administrative Order 22-14. It created a ten-department group for lawsuits over improper medical care or other professional work, and assigned urgent requests involving a deceased person’s property to district judges.
December 30, 2022
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Signed District Court Policy 2022-13 with the court executive officer. It set annual limits on reimbursement of professional membership dues for judges and staff.
December 9, 2022
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Signed Administrative Order 22-12, which extended clerk’s office hours to 7 a.m.–9 p.m. for the 2022 general election day and assigned judges to handle election disputes.
October 24, 2022
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Presided over an armed home-invasion and kidnapping trial. The appeals court upheld the convictions, finding justified delays, corroborating evidence and no harmful error in the challenged rulings.
October 11, 2022
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Denied a conviction challenge after reviewing trial recordings and holding a hearing on a defense-lawyer claim. The appeals court upheld the denial based on the evidence and unresolved gaps in the appeal record.
September 9, 2022
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Led a court team that delivered donated school supplies to Halle Hewetson Elementary School.
September 8, 2022
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Signed Administrative Order 22-11, which moved a treatment court for people returning from prison from Department 2 to Department 1.
September 1, 2022
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Began serving as chief judge of the Eighth Judicial District Court on July 1, 2022. Served two consecutive two-year terms, ending in June 2026.
July 1, 2022
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Co-signed Administrative Order 22-10 with outgoing Chief Judge Linda Bell. It reassigned civil and criminal cases between Departments 1 and 9 while keeping mental-health cases in Department 1.
June 30, 2022
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Served as the Eighth Judicial District Court’s presiding civil judge and on its executive committee.
June 28, 2022
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Took the oath to serve on the Clark County Bar Association board as its judicial appointee on March 31, 2022.
March 31, 2022
Source: clarkcountybar.org
Refused to dismiss the Peccoles' injury claims as inconsistent with prior rulings. The Supreme Court declined to intervene because the described relief was consistent with those rulings and no clear excess of court authority was established.
October 11, 2021
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Presided over an attempted-murder trial. The appeals court upheld the convictions, finding any errors in admitting statements harmless.
September 16, 2021
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Denied a conviction challenge and requests for counsel and psychological evaluation. The appeals court upheld the denial because the claims lacked supporting facts or a showing of harm.
October 9, 2020
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Presided over a stolen-vehicle trial. The appeals court upheld the conviction and found his awkward arrest comment did not amount to judicial misconduct.
July 24, 2020
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Initially dismissed Archambault's property claim and later rejected Nationstar's evidence of Fannie Mae ownership. Both rulings were reversed under later precedents; the final ruling required judgment for Nationstar because ownership evidence sufficed and public recording was unnecessary.
June 24, 2020
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled that Premier One owned property free of the lender's mortgage and awarded the lender reimbursement. The Court of Appeals reversed the property ruling under the later Daisy Trust decision and set aside the related reimbursement award.
April 28, 2020
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Denied a claim that a defense lawyer should have challenged a business restriction. The appeals court upheld the denial because the defendant had not been charged under that restriction.
March 30, 2020
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled that BDJ owned property free of the lender's mortgage while finding the association sale commercially reasonable. The Court of Appeals upheld refusal to invalidate the sale but reversed the lien ruling under Daisy Trust; the buyer retained ownership subject to that lien.
November 20, 2019
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Denied a request to force police to return seized property. The appeals court upheld the denial because entitlement was not established and a separate legal procedure remained available.
November 5, 2019
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled for a foreclosure buyer without trial because Fannie Mae had not publicly recorded its loan ownership. The Supreme Court reversed under the later Daisy Trust decision because recording was unnecessary and business records established ownership.
September 12, 2019
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Presided over a jury trial involving a baseball-bat assault on the defendant's mother. The appeals court upheld the convictions based on witness accounts and physical evidence.
December 14, 2018
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Rejected Sadjadi's workers' compensation challenge by evaluating its claims despite defective service. The Court of Appeals set aside the ruling because required parties had not been served and the court lacked authority to hear the case, applying Heat, a decision issued after his ruling.
October 25, 2018
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Granted a workers' compensation challenge, found the agency had authority to hear the case and required a decision on the claim itself. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal because further substantive proceedings remained.
October 5, 2018
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused to undo an association foreclosure sale at a bank's request. The appeals court upheld the ruling because the bank did not show misleading notice or fraud-related unfairness.
September 10, 2018
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused to dismiss a negligence case for failure to mediate a dispute about a community’s written rules. The Court of Appeals declined to intervene because the pleadings concerned negligent hiring and employer liability, factual disputes remained and interpretation of the community’s written rules was not clearly necessary.
February 22, 2018
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Resumed handling the District Court’s Overflow Settlement Conference Program, which helped parties resolve cases before trial.
January 17, 2018
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Presided over a review of 155 medical malpractice cases, which concern alleged harm from improper medical care. The court set or reset 58 trial dates during the review.
August 7, 2017
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Ruled for US Bank without trial because an association completed foreclosure more than three years after recording its claim. The Court of Appeals reversed under a later decision holding that timely notice began enforcement and the sale was not automatically invalid.
April 14, 2017
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Reviewed 378 medical malpractice cases with attorneys to check their progress toward Nevada’s three-year trial deadline. These cases concern alleged harm from improper medical care.
February 6, 2017
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Allowed amended construction-defect claims and refused a decision without trial. The Supreme Court declined to intervene mainly because new objections had not first been presented below and earlier concessions supported his use of the prior legal deadlines.
July 28, 2016
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Allowed amended construction-defect claims and refused a decision without trial. The Supreme Court declined to intervene mainly because objections had not been preserved, the written-order record was incomplete and the petitioner's prior concessions supported deadline calculations.
June 16, 2016
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled that the limit on pain-and-suffering damages for improper medical care was unconstitutional in Costa's case. The Supreme Court overturned the ruling under Tam, which upheld that limit.
January 22, 2016
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Entered a $1,605,000 jury award for a casino patron's heart-attack injuries. A divided Supreme Court upheld the award under the casino's duty of reasonable care.
December 23, 2015
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled that laws limiting damages for improper medical care and subtracting other payments were unconstitutional. The Supreme Court overturned the damages-limit ruling under Tam but declined to review the other ruling because an ordinary appeal was available.
December 21, 2015
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Upheld a workers' compensation award for a hotel employee's knee injury while pushing a linen cart. The appeals court upheld the ruling based on testimony and medical records.
December 16, 2015
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Entered judgment for an insurer after a jury trial and denied a new trial. The appeals court upheld the result based on evidence of the insurer's investigation and claim handling.
July 31, 2015
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Upheld denial of unemployment benefits to a security guard for work-policy violations. A divided Supreme Court upheld that benefits ruling; his separate repayment ruling was not challenged.
May 21, 2015
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Denied a new trial over alleged lawyer misconduct in a motel-robbery injury case. The appeals court upheld the denial because the unobjected remarks did not establish harmful error.
April 16, 2015
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled that the limit on pain-and-suffering damages for improper medical care was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court overturned that ruling under Tam. It separately declined to review his ruling about subtracting other payments because an ordinary appeal was available.
March 2, 2015
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled for Bank of America without trial, treating the association's priority for unpaid dues as only payment priority. The Supreme Court reversed under its later SFR Investments decision but left other issues for the trial court.
February 2, 2015
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Dismissed Headrick Trust's property-ownership claim because he held that an association sale did not eliminate the lender's mortgage. The Supreme Court reversed under its later SFR Investments decision.
November 25, 2014
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused temporary protection and dismissed SFR's property-ownership claim because he held that the association sale did not eliminate the lender's mortgage. The Supreme Court set aside both rulings under its later SFR Investments decision.
November 25, 2014
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Dismissed Bourne Valley Trust's property-ownership claim because he held that an association sale did not eliminate the lender's mortgage. The Supreme Court reversed under its later SFR Investments decision.
November 20, 2014
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Dismissed Sanucci Trust's property-ownership claim because he held that an association sale did not eliminate the lender's mortgage. The Supreme Court reversed under its later SFR Investments decision; the related appeal ended because no live dispute remained.
November 14, 2014
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused temporary protection in LN Management's property-ownership case because he treated the association's priority for unpaid dues as only payment priority. The Supreme Court set aside that ruling under its later SFR Investments decision.
November 3, 2014
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Dismissed American River Trust's property-ownership claim because he held that an association sale did not eliminate the lender's mortgage. The Supreme Court reversed under its later SFR Investments decision.
November 3, 2014
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused to dismiss a case after finding exceptional circumstances justified extending initial case-conference deadlines. The Court of Appeals declined to intervene because his findings supported deciding the case by evaluating its claims.
September 15, 2014
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled for landlords after a trial over repairs and alleged rental misrepresentations. The appeals court upheld the result based on supported findings and missing appeal transcripts.
July 23, 2014
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Initially refused to seal arrest records based on a mistaken belief about a guilty plea. He corrected that mistake but again denied sealing based on other criminal history; the appeals court upheld the denial.
May 14, 2014
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Denied a renewed request to delay a criminal trial. The appeals court upheld the ruling because circumstances had not changed and resulting harm was not shown.
March 10, 2014
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Dismissed SFR's property-ownership claim because he held that an association sale did not eliminate the lender's mortgage. The Supreme Court reversed that dismissal under its later SFR Investments decision, without reversing a separate later dismissal of the lender's complaint.
May 23, 2013
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Upheld closure of a workers' compensation claim and rejection of later fall injuries. The appeals court agreed that medical releases supported closure and the later injuries lacked a proven connection.
April 12, 2012
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Presided over a drug-sale jury trial. The appeals court upheld the convictions because recorded transactions and testimony supported the verdict.
December 7, 2011
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
As Angela Schott's lawyer, signed an agreement settling her medical-care appeal for $25,000. The appeal was later dismissed after the parties did not file the requested dismissal papers.
August 4, 2005
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Track record — Impartiality
Impartiality · 4 favorable · 1 unfavorable
Published commentary arguing that endorsements and donations did not entitle supporters to favorable court rulings.
May 6, 2026Favorable on Impartiality
Source: clarkcountybar.org
Co-wrote legal commentary supporting court control over its own workforce to protect judicial independence.
September 20, 2024Favorable on Impartiality
Source: clarkcountybar.org
Interrupted a prosecutor's potentially improper appeal to jurors' personal feelings during an armed-robbery trial. The appeals court upheld the convictions.
May 14, 2021Favorable on Impartiality
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Changed an earlier penalty for withholding evidence during Garcia’s trial and entered judgment on the defense verdict. The Supreme Court required a new trial. Changing that penalty after trial began harmed Garcia and was unnecessary for the defense against added punishment damages.
May 21, 2020Unfavorable on Impartiality
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused to move hepatitis-related product-liability litigation out of Clark County after extensive jury questioning. The Supreme Court upheld the ruling because the record did not show that publicity prevented a fair trial.
December 15, 2011Favorable on Impartiality
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 62 favorable · 56 unfavorable
Allowed foreclosure after finding a mortgage servicer had corrected earlier ownership-document defects. The appeals court upheld the ruling based on the valid later assignments.
September 14, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Published guidance on helping people evaluate their cases and reach settlements through mediation, a process for resolving disputes without trial.
September 14, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: clarkcountybar.org
Practiced law in Nevada and Arizona from 1994 through 2010. Represented injured people, businesses, insurers and people in hearings about supervised release from prison. Served as a court-appointed arbitrator, who resolves disputes, and a temporary North Las Vegas judge.
June 30, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Published commentary arguing that endorsements and donations did not entitle supporters to favorable court rulings.
May 6, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: clarkcountybar.org
Corrected an order in a mortgage settlement process after a mediator checked the wrong box and allowed foreclosure. The appeals court upheld the correction as timely.
March 18, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Granted a new trial and later limited damages for improper medical care in Nevins. Appellate courts required a hearing on conflicting juror statements, ultimately upheld the retrial judgment, applied the legal limit on attorney fees and partly reversed expert costs.
October 17, 2024Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Published a legal guide on expert statements required for lawsuits over harm from medical treatment.
September 27, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: clarkcountybar.org
Co-wrote legal commentary supporting court control over its own workforce to protect judicial independence.
September 20, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: clarkcountybar.org
Allowed Wesson to pursue a late appeal after finding good cause. The Supreme Court rejected that finding as clearly erroneous because counsel's initial failure to appeal did not excuse the prolonged later delay after Wesson knew no appeal had been filed.
May 23, 2024Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Approved the lender’s participation in a mortgage-settlement process after finding its documents and authority sufficient. The Court of Appeals reversed. The servicing agreement restricted meaningful changes to the loan, requiring denial of foreclosure approval and consideration of penalties.
May 3, 2024Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused to dismiss Powell’s lawsuit alleging improper medical care as late. The Supreme Court required judgment for the defendants. Later awards of $110,849.85 in fees and $8,056.93 in costs were upheld despite a harmless error about court authority.
November 30, 2023Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused to cancel or unseal search warrants and approved police screening of seized materials claimed to be legally confidential. The Court of Appeals upheld the warrant rulings. It reversed the property-return ruling, requiring access to list protected materials and challenge disclosure.
August 24, 2023Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Dismissed fifteen injury and contract claims for failure to use mediation or arbitration, a private dispute process. The Court of Appeals reversed and required separate analysis of whether each claim depended on interpreting or enforcing the community rules.
August 17, 2023Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ended a lawsuit against a dispensary over an assault by its off-duty guard. The appeals court upheld the ruling because the employer's responsibility or knowledge of a foreseeable assault was not shown.
August 16, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Denied challenges to defense-lawyer performance and pleas that did not contest the charges after an evidence hearing. The appeals court upheld the ruling based on the plea record and supported findings.
February 15, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Excluded itemized financial damages not timely calculated or disclosed while leaving general and property-value damages available. The Court of Appeals declined to intervene because the disclosure failure was not justified or harmless.
November 23, 2022Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Denied a late challenge to a conviction by evaluating its claims. The appeals court upheld denial but found he should have enforced the mandatory filing deadline.
October 21, 2022Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Rejected Castro's challenge to his guilty plea without a hearing. The Court of Appeals upheld most denials but required a hearing on his claim that counsel misled his parents and thereby coerced his plea; appointment of counsel also required reconsideration.
June 13, 2022Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Denied a late, repeated challenge to a guilty plea based on mental-health records. The appeals court upheld denial but rejected his reason for excusing the filing restrictions.
May 26, 2022Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Dismissed Harper's claim that an insurer was barred from recovering payments from her settlement for improper medical care. The Supreme Court upheld the ruling because the restriction depended on benefit evidence introduced in the case, which had not occurred before settlement.
May 5, 2022Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Entered judgments following Kerzetski's jury trial. The Court of Appeals upheld the convictions but required correction of references to a guilty plea, an omitted acquittal and years mistakenly recorded as months.
February 11, 2022Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Resentenced Aparicio to 15–44 years in prison after a crash killed two people. The Supreme Court upheld the sentence. He considered proper relatives’ statements and excluded previously challenged letters.
January 26, 2022Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ended banquet employees' lawsuit over mandatory service charges. The appeals court upheld the ruling based on the disclosed charges and lack of evidence supporting the claims.
November 10, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Allowed TitleMax to refinance vehicle-title loans and count only the borrowed amount toward the vehicle-value limit. The Supreme Court overturned the refinancing ruling as a prohibited loan extension. It upheld excluding interest and fees from that calculation.
September 23, 2021Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Issued a temporary order preserving Sake Rok's restaurant lease during COVID restrictions. The Court of Appeals required reconsideration after restrictions and business conditions changed, while stating that the original findings were accurate when made.
September 23, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Denied a late challenge to a conviction by evaluating its claims. The appeals court upheld denial but found he should have enforced the filing deadline.
September 13, 2021Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused to replace a felony animal-cruelty sentence with a misdemeanor sentence. The appeals court upheld the prison term but ordered correction of omitted sentencing statutes in the conviction judgment.
August 30, 2021Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Denied a claim that a defense lawyer failed to file an appeal. The appeals court upheld his finding that the defendant accepted a sentence-reconsideration strategy and did not request an appeal afterward.
August 9, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Denied a request for DNA testing without an evidence hearing. The appeals court upheld the ruling because the petitioner did not explain how favorable results affected the grounds for prosecution or conviction.
July 12, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Interrupted a prosecutor's potentially improper appeal to jurors' personal feelings during an armed-robbery trial. The appeals court upheld the convictions.
May 14, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Rejected Thompson's request for a fresh trial after a private arbitration process. The Court of Appeals reversed because his order lacked specific findings of bad-faith participation; it did not decide whether Thompson actually acted in good faith.
April 28, 2021Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled that a mortgage survived an association foreclosure sale. The appeals court upheld the result because Fannie Mae's ownership brought the loan within federal protections.
January 29, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Imposed consecutive prison terms of 28 to 72 months for sexually motivated coercion, or forcing someone to act. The appeals court upheld the sentence. It rested on the crimes and victims rather than solely on disputed allegations.
January 8, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled that a bank’s offer of overdue association dues preserved its mortgage despite foreclosure. The Supreme Court upheld the ruling because the valid offer preserved the mortgage by law.
December 31, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Decided against Republic without trial on its claim that a doctor should share liability for the same injury. The Supreme Court reversed because shared liability did not require simultaneous conduct and the settlement did not eliminate Republic's claim.
December 31, 2020Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Dismissed Gray's civil-rights complaint for failure to serve after it was refiled under another case number. The Court of Appeals reversed because he had not received proper notice or warning and submissions received before dismissal were filed only afterward.
December 8, 2020Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Reversed his initial decision to return a seized truck and ordered its destruction. The appeals court upheld destruction because an altered vehicle identification number legally barred its return.
November 24, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Denied a late challenge to a conviction. The appeals court upheld the denial but found he wrongly treated an earlier petition as already resolving the claims.
November 9, 2020Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled that a mortgage survived an association foreclosure sale after hearing the parties' evidence. The appeals court upheld the result because a valid offer of overdue dues preserved the mortgage.
October 29, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled that a mortgage survived an association foreclosure sale. The appeals court upheld the ruling because Freddie Mac's ownership brought the loan within federal foreclosure protections.
October 16, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Removed prosecutor Elissa Luzaich from Friedman's challenge to his conviction. The Supreme Court overturned the removal because the asserted liability was speculative and the cited witness conflict did not justify removing her from a proceeding tried before a judge.
September 21, 2020Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled that a mortgage survived an association foreclosure sale. The appeals court upheld the ruling because the bank had offered sufficient overdue dues before the sale.
September 4, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Sentenced a defendant who pleaded guilty to kidnapping with substantial bodily harm to life without parole. The appeals court upheld the sentence as legally authorized and not grossly disproportionate.
August 12, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused early dismissal of a lawsuit over allegedly false statements over an online review. The appeals court upheld the ruling because the review concerned a personal dispute rather than an issue of public concern.
July 1, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Changed an earlier penalty for withholding evidence during Garcia’s trial and entered judgment on the defense verdict. The Supreme Court required a new trial. Changing that penalty after trial began harmed Garcia and was unnecessary for the defense against added punishment damages.
May 21, 2020Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled against US Bank's property-ownership claim despite a very low foreclosure price. The Court of Appeals required judgment for the bank because bid restrictions, deficient notice and misleading lien statements together established an unfair sale.
May 15, 2020Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled that an association foreclosure did not eliminate a mortgage because the property remained in bankruptcy. The appeals court upheld that federal protection.
May 15, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled that Nationstar's mortgage survived an association foreclosure sale. The appeals court upheld the ruling because offering nine months of overdue dues was sufficient without collection and foreclosure costs.
April 28, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled that G&P owned property free of Nationstar's lien after rejecting evidence of Fannie Mae ownership. The Court of Appeals required judgment for Nationstar because records and testimony sufficed, a custodial agreement was unnecessary and the testimony had been misconstrued.
April 27, 2020Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Failed to give a required jury warning before one break in a burglary trial. The appeals court found that error harmless and upheld the convictions.
April 10, 2020Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Dismissed a family's lawsuit alleging concealment of fatal medical treatment because it lacked a medical-expert statement. The appeals court upheld the requirement because proving the claim depended on professional treatment standards.
March 26, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled that Bank of America's lien survived an association foreclosure based on a payment offer and futility of actual payment. The Supreme Court ultimately upheld the lien based on futility while rejecting the conclusion that an offer alone was sufficient.
February 27, 2020Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Denied a claim that a defense lawyer failed to pursue grand-jury notice rights. The appeals court upheld the ruling because the required notice was supplied and a guilty plea ended the challenge.
February 18, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Excluded a child's earlier injury from a child-abuse trial because the defense lacked evidence linking it to the mother. The appeals court upheld the exclusion and convictions.
February 11, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Rejected Turner's challenge to his guilty plea. The Court of Appeals upheld most rulings but required a hearing on his claim that counsel ignored a request to appeal.
January 14, 2020Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Denied requests to end a domestic-strangulation case or grant a new trial. The appeals court upheld the conviction and found corrective instructions addressed improper prosecutor comments.
December 20, 2019Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused to dismiss Tarkanian’s lawsuit over allegedly false statements under protections for public-interest speech. The Supreme Court majority reversed. The advertisements were substantially true or made without knowledge of falsehood, and knowing or reckless falsity was unproved; two justices dissented.
December 12, 2019Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled that a mortgage survived an association foreclosure sale. The appeals court upheld the ruling because the bank had offered nine months of overdue dues before the sale.
September 20, 2019Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Denied withdrawal of a robbery guilty plea based on a later claim of drug influence. The appeals court upheld the ruling because the plea record contradicted that claim.
September 10, 2019Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled that a bank's mortgage survived an association foreclosure sale. The appeals court upheld that result because overdue dues were offered before sale. It rejected his alternative view that older association rules overrode state law.
August 14, 2019Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Restricted claims against water-park managers and related companies while allowing other claims to proceed. Appellate courts upheld protection based solely on company membership but reversed exclusions of personal-negligence and related-company asset claims; a later broker-counterclaim challenge was rejected.
June 26, 2019Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Dismissed and decided Peck's prison civil-rights claims without trial. The Court of Appeals reversed because outside evidence was considered without a proper response opportunity and the ruling did not identify undisputed facts or apply the correct standard. It did not decide the claims.
December 5, 2018Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled for the defendants in a company-liability and fraudulent-transfer trial and awarded fees. The Supreme Court reversed both, requiring further consideration of the effects on innocent shareholders and creditors.
November 28, 2018Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused enforcement of a renewed out-of-state judgment because its notice was not sent by certified mail. The appeals court upheld that notice requirement.
September 28, 2018Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Allowed a police statement into a child-sexual-assault trial after the defendant had invoked his right to remain silent. The appeals court found that and jury-instruction errors harmless and upheld the convictions.
July 26, 2018Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused to require a bond company to use arbitration, the contract's private dispute process. The Court of Appeals reversed because the company sought benefits under the same contract and therefore was bound by its arbitration clause; Chief Judge Silver dissented.
June 22, 2018Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled for Oxbow without trial on construction-defect claims and awarded costs. The Supreme Court upheld the warranty rulings but reversed the negligence ruling and costs because the contracts did not establish a complete waiver and disputed disclosures needed examination.
May 24, 2018Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Dismissed property-ownership claims under short foreclosure deadlines and dismissed a claim about false property statements. The Supreme Court reversed the title-related dismissals because those deadlines did not govern challenges to authority to foreclose, while upholding the unopposed dismissal of the false-statement claim.
May 3, 2018Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Rejected a tenant’s claim that a landlord violated search protections by giving lease records to police. The appeals court upheld the ruling. The landlord controlled the records and could consent to release.
April 24, 2018Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Rejected a settlement-enforcement request over alleged newspaper statements and reduced requested lawyer fees to $10,000. The appeals court upheld the rulings because admissible proof was lacking and the fee was reasonable.
April 20, 2018Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled that a bank's mortgage survived an association foreclosure sale. The appeals court upheld the ruling because no overdue assessments existed when the association recorded its lien notice.
April 9, 2018Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ended an injury lawsuit against Mesquite after a spectator fell against an unlocked bleacher gate. The appeals court upheld protection from liability because the city had not created or received notice of the hazard.
March 22, 2018Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ordered full verification of two state-senator recall petitions. He later ruled neither qualified for an election. The Supreme Court upheld the result because both lacked enough valid signatures, even before withdrawal requests were counted.
March 14, 2018Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Interpreted a later access agreement as changing an earlier one. The appeals court upheld that result but found he wrongly treated the written agreements as unclear and considered outside evidence.
January 24, 2018Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Initially dismissed Soro's claim for an unpaid loan balance based on a Utah court clause. The Supreme Court reversed because Nevada was also permitted. After he refused another dismissal, the Court of Appeals upheld Nevada's deadline because Utah's rule concerned Utah property.
December 28, 2017Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ended a patient's lawsuit filed more than a year after notice of possible improper treatment. The appeals court upheld the ruling based on the patient's testimony.
October 13, 2017Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Excluded evidence about medical bills awaiting payment from a car-crash lawsuit. The appeals court found that evidence relevant to witness bias, but upheld the award because prejudice was not shown.
April 14, 2017Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Denied a fresh trial after plaintiffs skipped sworn questioning and a private dispute-resolution hearing. He omitted required findings from the written order, then added them after an appellate remand. The appeals court upheld the final ruling.
March 6, 2017Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused early dismissal of a lawsuit under protections for public participation. The appeals court upheld the ruling because a private lawyer referral was not a protected request for government action.
February 28, 2017Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Received Nevada’s basic judicial education award for 240 hours of training in fiscal year 2016.
December 16, 2016Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: epubs.nsla.nv.gov
Applied a $100,000 legal limit on government liability to a bicyclist's jury award and awarded fees and costs. The appeals court upheld the rulings.
December 2, 2016Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Allowed Liberty association to replace homeowners and amend construction-defect claims without deciding objections to required notices. The Supreme Court required specific findings on notice sufficiency. It later declined another challenge because the effect of a new law had not been considered below.
November 29, 2016Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Set aside a jury verdict for improper dental care because the expert did not use a required certainty phrase. The Supreme Court reinstated the verdict because the testimony conveyed sufficient certainty in substance; it upheld a separate costs award.
October 17, 2016Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Entered Seastrand's injury judgment and denied a new trial. The Supreme Court upheld the judgment despite harmless juror and evidence about unpaid medical bills errors, but overturned expert fees because amounts above the legal baseline were not explained.
July 28, 2016Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Rejected challenges to live-entertainment-tax refund decisions on June 23, 2016. The Supreme Court set aside the judgment because the first court petition was late and the resulting proceedings lacked authority to hear the case.
June 23, 2016Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ruled that Chase had authority to foreclose and removed a recorded notice of the property lawsuit. The appeals court upheld the ruling because the loan and deed had been validly transferred.
June 23, 2016Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Allowed a later claim for an unpaid loan balance against a person who guaranteed the loan to count under the earlier borrower claim. The Supreme Court required dismissal because the amendment did not cure the missed deadline and the defense had not been waived; two justices dissented.
May 26, 2016Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Blocked use of an expert removed by the opposing party after disclosing reports. The Supreme Court upheld the judgment but found that evidence-disclosure ruling wrong; the appellant's missing trial transcript prevented a showing of harmful prejudice.
April 21, 2016Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Dismissed a former employee's challenge to a severance agreement. The appeals court upheld the ruling because the complaint lacked an active dispute or a valid claim.
March 18, 2016Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Dismissed Saticoy Bay's property-ownership claim based on community rules giving the lender priority. The Court of Appeals reversed because those community rules also incorporated priority language for the association’s unpaid dues that supported elimination of the lender's mortgage.
December 23, 2015Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Extended Teninty's deadline to serve Source One Events and refused to dismiss the injury suit. The Court of Appeals overturned those rulings and required dismissal because no good cause supported the late extension request.
December 17, 2015Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Dismissed a challenge to an unfiled ballot proposal and declared two laws constitutional. The appeals court upheld dismissal but reversed those premature constitutional rulings.
October 9, 2015Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused to apply the damages limit for improper medical care, finding it unconstitutional and alternatively applying it separately by party or claim. The Supreme Court overturned those rulings. It separately declined to review his ruling about subtracting other payments because ordinary remedies were available.
October 1, 2015Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused to reopen the Fords' judgment for an unpaid loan balance after the governing precedent changed. The Supreme Court upheld that refusal because the new precedent did not itself invalidate the earlier monetary judgment.
July 23, 2015Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused to decide Wynn's injury case without trial and later entered the jury award and denied a new trial. Appellate courts upheld the verdict but overturned the new-trial denial because required findings on alleged attorney misconduct were missing.
July 17, 2015Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Dismissed city employees' lawsuit over layoffs and union contracts. The appeals court upheld the ruling because their complaints did not establish rights under those contracts.
June 18, 2015Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ended a lawsuit against private apartment and security defendants over discarded belongings. The appeals court upheld the ruling because the cited police law did not cover them and the added claims failed.
April 16, 2015Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ordered police to produce inmate telephone records with private details removed held by a contractor but denied fees and costs. The Supreme Court upheld production because the agency controlled the records and reversed the fee denial because the requester prevailed.
March 5, 2015Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Granted a new trial for alleged juror misconduct. The Supreme Court reversed because usable evidence of a Google search did not establish prejudice and statements about jurors' thought processes were inadmissible. It required reconsideration of the requested damages increase.
February 19, 2015Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Denied dismissal or a mistrial over delayed disclosure of a robbery witness's identification of another suspect. The appeals court upheld the ruling because the delay caused no harmful error.
October 16, 2014Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Admitted testimony rebutting causation, denied a new trial and refused to bind an employer to an employee's default. The Supreme Court upheld the rulings; improper contact by defense counsel had not caused demonstrated prejudice.
July 10, 2014Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ordered disclosure of a manufacturer's internal accident investigation, finding it unprotected by legal privilege. The Supreme Court declined to intervene because the evidence supported his conclusion that the report was not prepared for litigation.
May 30, 2014Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging improper medical care as late. The Supreme Court required judgment for Dr. Libby because the filing period began with appreciable injury even before its cause was known, and concealment had not been established.
May 29, 2014Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Rejected Caesars Palace's challenge to a tax assessment on TicketMaster royalty payments. The Supreme Court reversed because the retained convenience charges were exempt service charges and the Gaming Commission's interpretation was wrong.
February 21, 2014Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Ended a lawsuit over allegedly false statements against a lawyer over communications with witnesses. The appeals court upheld the ruling because statements related to litigation were legally protected.
January 21, 2014Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Excluded unsupported blood-alcohol evidence, admitted accident-reconstruction testimony and reduced damages for shared fault before applying the government liability limit. The Supreme Court upheld those rulings. It overturned fees because some lawyer and staff hourly rates had not been assessed.
November 7, 2013Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Dismissed Denson's injury suit for failure to serve the defendants and rejected his request for official assistance. The Court of Appeals reversed because his timely service request had remained undecided when Wiese rejected it.
November 5, 2013Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Dismissed a prisoner's claim that withheld legal materials denied access to court. The appeals court upheld the ruling because the underlying conviction challenge was independently too late.
October 17, 2013Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Denied a prisoner's challenge to losing 90 days of sentence credit through prison discipline. The appeals court found the required notice, hearing protections and supporting evidence were present.
March 14, 2013Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Initially refused to block Clark County's project labor agreement. The Supreme Court required findings about the specific project and labor market. He later blocked the agreement; that appeal ended after the County awarded the contract without the agreement.
November 28, 2012Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging improper medical care because of an allegedly deficient expert statement. The Supreme Court declined to intervene because the statement met the legal requirements and purpose.
March 8, 2012Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Refused to move hepatitis-related product-liability litigation out of Clark County after extensive jury questioning. The Supreme Court upheld the ruling because the record did not show that publicity prevented a fair trial.
December 15, 2011Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Dismissed an amended complaint for failure to pursue it on January 14, 2011. The Supreme Court ordered that dismissal canceled because an earlier written judgment for failure to respond had never been set aside in writing.
January 14, 2011Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
As co-counsel for Maria Martinez and her child, sought to postpone their trial over improper medical care to challenge exclusion of their expert on what caused the injuries. Judge Cadish denied the request; the Supreme Court later upheld the denial and defense judgment.
October 14, 2010Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
As Jesus Adams's lawyer, submitted an appeal challenging mandatory lie-detector tests during supervised release from prison. The Supreme Court rejected the constitutional challenge, limiting permissible questions to compliance with parole conditions.
November 7, 2008Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
As Henry Clark's lawyer, filed a sworn statement supporting a challenge to a ruling without trial in a bus-collision case. The Supreme Court overturned the ruling because disputed facts required a trial.
March 16, 2006Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
As Lorena Gaspar's lawyer, Wiese asked the Supreme Court to dismiss her insurer's appeal because other claims remained unresolved. The court dismissed the appeal as premature.
June 3, 2005Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Was admitted to the Nevada Bar on October 3, 1994.
October 3, 1994Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nvbar.org
Past race Jerry A. Wiese, II ran in:
- District Court Judge, Department 30 · November 3, 2026 · Clark County, Nevada · incumbent