38 Applications Received by the Judicial Selection Commission for Vacancies in 8th and 9th Judicial Districts

38 Applications Received by the Judicial Selection Commission for Vacancies in 8th and 9th Judicial Districts

1/29/2015 10:06:51 AM

The Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection has received 38 applications for consideration to fill three vacancies in the Eighth and Ninth Judicial District Courts resulting from the appointment of Judges Michael P. Gibbons, Abbi Silver, and Jerome T. Tao to the Nevada Court of Appeals.

The applicants for open seats in the Eighth Judicial District are:
•Karl Wesley Armstrong, 56, Las Vegas, with Ray Lego & Associates
•Bonnie A. Bulla, 52, Las Vegas, with the Eighth Judicial District Court
•Mary F. Chapman, 51, Las Vegas, with Law Office of Mary F. Chapman, Ltd.
•Chris W. Davis, 54, Las Vegas, with Chris Davis, Esq.1
•Sandra K. DiGiacomo, 45, Henderson, with the Clark County District Attorney’s Office
•Craig B. Friedberg, 57, Las Vegas, with Law Office of Craig B. Friedberg, Esq.
•Bruce L. Gale, 59, Las Vegas, with Bruce L. Gale, Esq.
•Mark L. Gentile, 55, Las Vegas, with Gentile Law Group
•Christine Mary Guerci-Nyhus, 54, Las Vegas, with the State of Nevada Office of
Attorney General
•Joseph Paul Hardy, Jr., 42, Henderson, with Gordon & Rees
•William C. Horne, 52, Las Vegas, with the Law Office of William C. Horne, LLC
•Louis Eric Johnson, 54, Las Vegas, with U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada
•Eric G. Jorgenson, 58, Las Vegas, with Eric G. Jorgenson, Esq.
•Jacquelyn S. Leleu, 40, Las Vegas, with McDonald Carano Wilson LLP
•Anat Rachel Levy, 52, Las Vegas, with Anat Levy & Associates
•Clifford William Marcek, 54, Las Vegas, with Cliff W. Marcek, PC
•Judge Janiece S. Marshall, 52, Las Vegas, with the Las Vegas Township Justice Court
•Mary D. Perry, 51, Las Vegas, with the Law Office of Mary D. Perry, LLC
•Chris Thomas Rasmussen, 44, Las Vegas, with Rasmussen & Kang, LLC
•David Joseph Rivers II, 68, Las Vegas, with the Law Office of David J. Rivers, LLC
•William S. Skupa, 69, Las Vegas, with William S. Skupa, Esq.
•Kevin Charles Speed, 40, Las Vegas, with the Clark County Public Defender’s Office
•Robert P. Spretnak, 54, Las Vegas, with Law Offices of Robert P. Spretnak
•John G. Watkins, 67, Las Vegas, with the Law Office of John G. Watkins, Esq.
•Telia U. Williams, 43, Las Vegas, with Telia Law

1 Applicant has applied for open seats in the Eighth and Ninth Judicial Districts.

The applicants for open seat in the Ninth Judicial District are:
•Andrea Rachiele Barraclough, 40, Carson City, with the State of Nevada Office of
Attorney General
•Evan Bradley Beavers, 59, Minden, with the State of Nevada Department of Business and Industry
•Chris W. Davis, 54, Las Vegas, with Chris Davis, Esq. 1
•Caren Cafferata-Jenkins, 56, Carson City, with Nevada Commission on Ethics
•Thomas Wayne Gregory, 45, Genoa, with the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office
•James R. Hales, 55, Minden, with Rowe Hales Yturbide, LLP
•Cassandra G. Jones, 35, Gardnerville, with the Heritage Law Group, PC
•Mark John Krueger, 45, Carson City, with the Carson City District Attorney’s Office
•Derrick Marcelo Lopez, 53, Minden, with Law Office of Derrick M. Lopez
•Douglas Reed Rands, 56, Reno, with Rands, South and Gardner
•Douglas Verl Ritchie, 47, Minden, with the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office
•Neil Anthony Rombardo, 42, Carson City, with the State of Nevada Department of Employment Training and Rehabilitation, Employment Security Division
•David Francis Sarnowski, 62, Carson City, with the Carson City Justice and Municipal Court

1 Applicant has applied for open seats in the Eighth and Ninth Judicial Districts.

The appointment process was open to all Nevada attorneys with two years of residency and 10 years of legal experience. The next step is for the Commission to conduct background investigations, accept public comment, and interview each of the applicants.

The applications, with the exceptions of medical records and personal identification information, are available on the Supreme Court of Nevada website at: http://www.nevadajudiciary.us/index.php/judicialselection.

The Commission invites written public comments about the qualifications of the applicants. Comments regarding the applicants in the Ninth Judicial District should be submitted in writing by February 13, 2015. Comments concerning the applicants in the Eighth Judicial District should be submitted in writing by March 5, 2015.

Send written comments to:
Robin Sweet
Secretary, Commission on Judicial Selection
Nevada Supreme Court
201 S. Carson St., Suite 250
Carson City, Nevada, 89701

Chief Justice James W. Hardesty announced interviews to fill the vacancy in the Ninth Judicial District are tentatively scheduled for the week of February 23, 2015 at the Nevada Supreme Court in Carson City, and will be open to the public. In addition, interviews to fill the two vacant positions in the Eighth Judicial District are tentatively scheduled for the week of March 16, at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, and will be open to the public.

The Commission will then deliberate and nominate three finalists for each open seat. Those names will be submitted to Governor Brian Sandoval for the appointment.

The Commission is composed of seven permanent members – the Supreme Court Chief Justice, three non-attorneys appointed by the Governor, and three attorneys appointed by the State Bar of Nevada. Neither the Governor nor the State Bar may appoint more than two permanent members from the same political party, and cannot appoint two members from the same county.

For District Court vacancies, two temporary members are appointed from the judicial district where the vacancy occurs – a non-attorney by the Governor and an attorney by the State Bar – bringing the Commission membership to nine.