Tierra D. Jones
NV · Eighth Judicial District Court Judge, Department 10
Tierra Jones has been a Clark County district judge since 2017, the first Black woman on Nevada's district court. She worked as a public defender and as a prosecutor in Nye and Clark counties.
Where Tierra D. Jones stands, based on their records
Supports
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Jones submitted draft Supreme Court Rule 250 amendments concerning early appointment of qualified defense counsel for indigent defendants in potential capital cases.
September 13, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nvcourts.gov
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Jones signed Administrative Order 26-04, which kept certain cases outside the Business Court pilot transfer and redesignated them Business Special for enhanced case management.
June 29, 2026
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Jones reappointed Tara Clark Newberry as civil presiding judge and selected Carli Kierny and Cynthia Giuliani to preside over the criminal and family divisions.
June 25, 2026
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Jones co-signed Administrative Order 26-03, which designated Departments 9 and 15 as full Business Court departments and reassigned pending business cases from other departments.
June 22, 2026
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Eighth Judicial District Court judges unanimously selected Jones as their next chief judge.
March 19, 2026
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Jones sentenced White-Hughley to 12 to 36 months in a child-abuse case with 70 days of presentence credit and entered the conviction.
December 11, 2019
Source: nvcourts.gov
The Eighth Judicial District Court assigned Jones to manage and assign overflow trials in its Civil/Criminal Division.
July 2, 2018
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Governor Brian Sandoval appointed Tierra Jones to Department 10 of the Eighth Judicial District Court.
April 27, 2017
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Jones told the Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee through a fellow public defender that she supported AB 142, which raised the theft-value threshold for felony charges.
April 21, 2011
Source: archive.leg.state.nv.us
Past race Tierra D. Jones ran in:
- District Court Judge, Department 10 · November 3, 2026 · Clark County, Nevada · incumbent