Gwynneth Smith
NV
Gwynneth Smith is a prosecutor in the Clark County District Attorney's juvenile division who has handled thousands of child abuse, delinquency and mental health cases. She says she will take a child-centered approach.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Received Teamsters Nevada's 2026 endorsement for Family Court Department D.
October 3, 2026
Source: teamstersnv.org
Received the Culinary Workers Union Local 226's 2026 endorsement for Family Court Department D.
May 9, 2026
Source: culinaryunion226.org
Received the Nevada State AFL-CIO's 2026 endorsement for Family Court Department D.
May 1, 2026
Source: media.linkedunion.com
As chair of the Nevada Children's Commission's behavioral health committee, presented its 2024 priorities to the full commission. They were gaps in mental health care for children, better data on outcomes, and earlier screening for conditions like autism.
September 22, 2023
Source: dcfs.nv.gov
Explained to the Nevada Children's Commission how Assembly Bill 148 changed the rules for placing foster children in locked psychiatric facilities. She said it kept court oversight, split out emergency admissions, and let psychiatric nurse practitioners give opinions on a child's care level.
June 16, 2023
Source: dcfs.nv.gov
Was one of the lawyers for Clark County's family services agency when the Nevada Supreme Court upheld a later order ending the same father's parental rights.
December 19, 2018
Source: acis.nvcourts.gov
Was one of the lawyers for Clark County's family services agency when the Nevada Supreme Court reversed an order ending a father's parental rights. The court found the trial judge wrongly said he had to finish sex-offender therapy, and skipped findings the law requires.
December 27, 2017
Source: acis.nvcourts.gov
Argued for Clark County's family services agency before the Nevada Supreme Court in a father's challenge in a child-welfare case. The court later ruled for the father and ordered the trial court to grant his motion to dismiss a petition in the case.
June 8, 2016
Source: acis.nvcourts.gov
Past race Gwynneth Smith ran in:
- District Court Judge, Family Division, Department D · November 3, 2026 · Clark County, Nevada