Jasmin Lilly-Spells
NV · Eighth Judicial District Court Judge, Department 23
Jasmin Lilly-Spells is a Clark County district judge who spent over a decade as a public defender, rising to chief deputy. She volunteered as a court-appointed advocate for abused and neglected children.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 12 records
Was listed by Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons Local 797 on its 2026 Southern Nevada general-election endorsement slate for Department 23.
September 30, 2026
Source: media.linkedunion.com
Granted Bank of America summary judgment in a quiet-title case; the Court of Appeals affirmed the result while relying on an alternate ground for one claim.
September 16, 2026
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Was listed on NAPSO’s 2026 general-election endorsements for Department 23.
September 8, 2026
Source: napso.net
Received the Culinary Union Local 226 endorsement for Department 23 in its 2026 primary-election slate.
May 9, 2026
Source: culinaryunion226.org
Received a joint 2026 Department 23 endorsement from Veterans in Politics International and the Nevada Veterans Association.
February 21, 2026
Source: veteransinpolitics.org
Sentenced Nicholas Hardin to 19 to 48 months in prison for soliciting a minor.
April 9, 2024
Source: ag.nv.gov
Sentenced securities-fraud defendant Rodney Dean Buckle to concurrent suspended prison terms, probation with 364 days in jail, and $282,980 in victim restitution.
January 11, 2024
Source: ag.nv.gov
Sentenced Kimberly Rashone Broussard to a suspended 364-day jail term and one year of probation in a Medicaid-fraud case.
February 28, 2022
Source: ag.nv.gov
Sentenced Shonna Nicole Marshall to 48 to 120 months for Medicaid fraud and money laundering, with more than $750,000 in restitution, penalties, and costs.
February 16, 2022
Source: ag.nv.gov
Sentenced Medicaid-fraud defendant Randi Jewel Lewis to a suspended 19-to-48-month term, probation, and more than $30,000 in restitution, penalties, and costs.
November 29, 2021
Source: ag.nv.gov
Entered stipulated orders granting Frederick Steese a certificate of innocence and approving $1.35 million in state compensation for wrongful imprisonment.
March 1, 2021
Source: ag.nv.gov
Began serving as Eighth Judicial District Court judge for Department 23.
January 4, 2021
Source: nvcourts.gov
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 1 favorable · 2 unfavorable
Granted Keair Boyd partial postconviction habeas relief and ordered a plea offer renewed; the Court of Appeals reversed because he had not shown he likely would have accepted it.
June 2, 2026Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Entered a conviction in the Tashami Sims case that the Court of Appeals affirmed after finding the defendant abandoned his self-representation request.
December 7, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nvcourts.gov
Sentenced Tyler Bolden to pay extradition and psychosexual-evaluation costs without the required ability-to-pay inquiry and findings; the Court of Appeals vacated those costs.
October 19, 2023Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: nvcourts.gov
Past race Jasmin Lilly-Spells ran in:
- District Court Judge, Department 23 · November 3, 2026 · Clark County, Nevada · incumbent