Gregory G. Gordon
NV · Eighth Judicial District Court Family Division Judge, Department C
Gregory Gordon was appointed a Clark County family court judge in 2023 after 29 years practicing family law. He wrote a guide to Nevada child custody law used by lawyers.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 10 records
Received the Nevada State AFL-CIO's 2026 general election endorsement for Family Court Department C.
September 29, 2026
Source: media.linkedunion.com
The Nevada Supreme Court turned down a press group's challenge to his order in a sealed parental-rights case. He had made the hearing schedule public but kept the full file sealed. The court ruled on procedural grounds, not on the merits.
February 26, 2026
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
The Nevada Court of Appeals reversed part of his custody ruling. It said he should have held a full hearing on a mother's claim that the father was violent with a child. The rest of his ruling was upheld.
December 19, 2025
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Wrote a Nevada Lawyer article explaining the new informal family trial rule (District Court Rule 27). It started as a one-year test program on November 19, 2024.
November 25, 2024
Source: nvbar.org
Presented the new informal family trial rule to family lawyers and judges. In these trials, people speak directly to the judge, without cross-examination, which helps people who have no lawyer.
November 15, 2024
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Won the 2024 election, unopposed, for the last two years of the Family Court Department C term.
November 5, 2024
Source: clarkcountynv.gov
Received the Culinary Union's endorsement for the 2024 Family Court Department C election.
October 10, 2024
Source: culinaryunion226.org
Wrote a Nevada Lawyer article on the rising number of people who go to family court without a lawyer. He suggested a simpler, informal trial option for divorce and custody cases.
November 27, 2023
Source: nvbar.org
Was appointed by Governor Joe Lombardo to the Clark County family court bench, Department C. He took office on May 15, 2023.
April 21, 2023
Source: nvcourts.gov
Was admitted to practice law in Nevada.
October 3, 1994
Source: nvbar.org
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 5 favorable
The Nevada Court of Appeals upheld his custody decision made after an informal family trial. It found the father had agreed to the informal trial's rules, so he could not object to them later.
September 11, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
The Nevada Court of Appeals upheld his order giving a mother primary custody so she could move to Montana with the couple's young child.
October 29, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
The Nevada Court of Appeals upheld his refusal to end or sharply cut a man's alimony after the man was demoted and earned less.
January 31, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
The Nevada Court of Appeals upheld his order giving a father primary custody and moving the child back to Nevada to live with him. It also agreed that Nevada courts had the power to decide the case.
October 18, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Represented Louise Ruiz in her Nevada Supreme Court appeal over a concrete business she had shared with developer James Rhodes. The court reversed part of the trial judgment in her favor and ordered her damages recalculated.
August 10, 2000Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Past race Gregory G. Gordon ran in:
- District Court Judge, Family Division, Department C · November 3, 2026 · Clark County, Nevada · incumbent