Bita "Marie" Yeager
NV · Eighth Judicial District Court Judge, Department 1
Bita Yeager has been a Clark County district judge since 2021, after 19 years as a public defender and time as a Las Vegas Justice Court judge. She started the Las Vegas Community Court and led mental health treatment courts.
Where Bita "Marie" Yeager stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Created the Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment Court while serving as the Eighth Judicial District Court specialty-court hearing master.
January 14, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Spearheaded the creation of the North Las Vegas Community Court as a public defender and the Las Vegas Community Court as a Justice of the Peace.
September 27, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Vacated the State Engineer’s revocation of a Las Vegas cemetery’s groundwater permit because the ruling lacked evidence that municipal water could meet the cemetery’s current needs.
May 21, 2026
Source: nvcourts.gov
Reinstated a water permit’s June 1954 priority date after finding that reinstatement preserved reliance interests without prejudice to other water-rights holders.
April 13, 2026
Source: nvcourts.gov
Dismissed a water-law judicial-review petition with prejudice because the petitioner did not serve the State Engineer within the statutory 30-day period.
February 23, 2026
Source: nvcourts.gov
Adjudicated Niesha Allen guilty of felony Medicaid fraud and imposed a suspended prison term and probation.
July 25, 2024
Source: ag.nv.gov
Submitted a letter to the Nevada Assembly Health and Human Services Committee supporting Assembly Bill 85 on involuntary mental-health holds.
March 1, 2019
Source: archive.leg.state.nv.us
Presented the court’s perspective on Nevada’s emergency mental-health-hold procedure to the Southern Nevada Behavioral Health Policy Board.
April 20, 2018
Source: dpbh.nv.gov
Co-founded the Clean Slate record-sealing classes with John Piro while serving as a Clark County public defender.
December 9, 2016
Source: unlv.edu
Veterans In Politics International endorsed Yeager for Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Department 6 in the 2016 election.
February 29, 2016
Source: myemail.constantcontact.com
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 2 favorable · 1 unfavorable
Completed Nevada’s specialized water-law judge certification and was listed among the state’s certified water judges.
June 4, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nvcourts.gov
The Nevada Supreme Court partly reversed Yeager’s water-law review order, holding that the State Engineer had statutory authority and had provided due process; it affirmed her conclusion on the scope of hearing notice.
January 25, 2024Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: nvcourts.gov
The Eighth Judicial District Court selected Yeager as its specialty-court hearing master through a recruitment process that included public input.
January 5, 2017Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: clarkcountycourts.us
Past race Bita "Marie" Yeager ran in:
- District Court Judge, Department 1 · November 3, 2026 · Clark County, Nevada · incumbent