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Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility

2013

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

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Summary Of In Re Discipline Of Serota, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 66, Keivan Roebuck Oct 2013

Summary Of In Re Discipline Of Serota, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 66, Keivan Roebuck

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The court determined whether an attorney’s misappropriation of $319,000 of a client’s funds warrants disbarment from the practice of law.


Summary Of Moon V. Mcdonald Carano Wilson, Llp, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 56, David Rothenberg Aug 2013

Summary Of Moon V. Mcdonald Carano Wilson, Llp, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 56, David Rothenberg

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a district court judgment in a legal malpractice action claiming the statute of limitations to file suit had not run and that the litigation-tolling rule should apply. The Court determined that McDonald Carano Wilson, LLP did not represent appellant during litigation and litigation-tolling rule did not apply. The Court affirmed the district court's judgment.


Summary Of Ivey V. Dist. Ct., 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 16, David H. Rigdon Mar 2013

Summary Of Ivey V. Dist. Ct., 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 16, David H. Rigdon

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

This is an original petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition challenging a district court order denying a request to recuse a district court judge in a family law action. Petitioner asserted that campaign contributions to the reelection campaign of the judge assigned to the case, provided by her ex-husband, his lawyers, and others connected to the divorce, required recusal under the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution, as well as N.R.S. 1.230 and the Nevada Code of Judicial Conduct.