Kristine Brewer
NV
Kristine Brewer has practiced family law for more than 20 years and has served as a truancy diversion judge and parenting coordinator. She says she will put the safety and stability of children first.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 7 records
Applied to be appointed early to the open Family Court Department S seat as the only applicant. The Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection did not send her name to the governor and left the seat to the November 2026 election.
July 21, 2026
Source: nvcourts.gov
Received the 2026 endorsement of Armed Forces Chamber USA for Family Court Department S. Veterans In Politics International and the Nevada Veterans Association sat out this race, citing contract ties to VIPI Consulting LLC.
March 7, 2026
Source: veteransinpolitics.org
Was the Legal Aid lawyer listed for a mother whose ex-husband appealed her divorce and custody win. No answering brief was filed for her, even after the court ordered one. The Nevada Court of Appeals still upheld the mother's win.
September 12, 2022
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Represented the same mother after the new hearing again approved her move to Indiana with her child. The Nevada Supreme Court upheld that approval, finding the judge weighed all the required factors.
December 2, 2016
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Received an award from the Clark County district court for serving as a volunteer judge in its Truancy Diversion Program, which helps students who often miss school.
July 2, 2015
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Represented a mother whose move to Indiana with her child had been approved. The Nevada Supreme Court reversed that approval because no judge had applied the required relocation factors in a written order, and sent the case back for a new hearing.
October 15, 2014
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Co-wrote a friend-of-the-court brief for the State Bar of Nevada's Family Law Section in Blanco v. Blanco. In that case the Nevada Supreme Court ruled that judges may not decide child custody and support by default as a punishment for discovery violations.
October 31, 2013
Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 1 favorable
Was admitted to practice law in Nevada by the State Bar of Nevada (bar number 8387).
March 26, 2004Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nvbar.org
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 1 record
Disclosed in her application for the Department S seat that she had a federal tax lien for unpaid income taxes that was not cleared within 30 days. She said she hired a tax lawyer to resolve it.
July 20, 2026
Source: nvcourts.gov
Past race Kristine Brewer ran in:
- District Court Judge, Family Division, Department S · November 3, 2026 · Clark County, Nevada