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Bonnie A. Bulla
Bonnie A. Bulla is a judge on the Nevada Court of Appeals. Originally appointed to the position, Bulla subsequently won election to a full term in November 2020. Education and career Bulla grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and received her undergraduate degree in economics from Arizona State University in 1984 and her J.D. from ASU's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law in 1987. After law school, Bulla moved to Nevada and entered private practice. Bulla's work included the litigation following the 1988 PEPCON disaster. In 2007, Bulla was appointed as the Discovery Commissioner for Clark County’s Eighth Judicial District Court. There she resolved pretrial arguments regarding production of evidence in civil cases. In 2019, she was appointed by Governor Steve Sisolak to the Court of Appeal to fill a vacancy created by the election of Abbi Silver to the Nevada Supreme Court. In 2020, Bulla stated that another three-judge panel should be added to the Court of Appeals. Elections *In 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevada Court Of Appeals
The Nevada Court of Appeals (in case citations, Nev. Ct. App.) is an appellate court in the judicial system of Nevada and hears cases assigned to it by the Nevada Supreme Court. The court was created by a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that was approved by voters on November 4, 2014. The Court of Appeals hears roughly one-third of all cases submitted to the Nevada Supreme Court in a deflective model, where the Supreme Court assigns cases to a three-judge Court of Appeals. This is similar to systems used in other states, including Iowa, Idaho, and Mississippi. History "Historically, the Supreme Court has had the highest number of filings of all states without an appellate court. In 2014, each Supreme Court Justice handled a caseload of roughly 354 cases per year. This means nearly one case every day had to be heard and decided by each Justice." For years, the Nevada Supreme Court lobbied the legislature to create an intermediate appellate court. Attempts to crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Sisolak
Stephen F. Sisolak ( ; born December 26, 1953) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 30th governor of Nevada from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he served on the Clark County Commission from 2009 to 2019 and on the Nevada Board of Regents from 1999 to 2008. Sisolak is the only Democratic Governor of Nevada since 1999. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sisolak graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Business School. After becoming involved in several civic causes and government projects, he was elected to the Nevada Board of Regents and served from 1999 to 2008. In 2008, he was elected to the Clark County Commission and was reelected in 2012 and 2016. Sisolak served as vice chair of the commission from 2011 to 2013 and as chair from 2013 to 2019. Sisolak ran for governor of Nevada in 2018. He defeated fellow Clark County commissioner Chris Giunchigliani for the Democratic nomination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbi Silver
Abbi Silver (born December 3, 1964) is an American attorney who served as a justice of the Nevada Supreme Court from 2019 to 2022. Education Silver received her Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1986 and her Juris Doctor from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, California. Career After graduating law school, she worked as a judicial law clerk for Earle White, Jr. on the Eighth Judicial District Court. She then joined the Clark County District Attorney's Office and was ultimately assigned as the Chief Deputy District Attorney of the Special Victims Unit. During tenure at the District Attorney's office, she tried more than one hundred jury trials. State judicial service Silver was elected to the Las Vegas Municipal Court in 2003, the Las Vegas Justice Court in 2006, and to the Eighth Judicial District Court in 2008, and again in 2014. She was appointed to the Nevada Court of Appeals by Governor Brian Sandoval on Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities and towns in Arizona#List of cities and towns, most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona. With over 1.6 million residents at the 2020 census, it is the List of United States cities by population, fifth-most populous city in the United States and the List of capitals in the United States, most populous state capital in the country. Phoenix is the most populous city of the Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, which in turn is part of the Salt River Valley and Arizona Sun Corridor. The metro area is the Metropolitan statistical area, 10th-largest by population in the United States with approximately 4.95 million people , making it the most populous in the Southwestern United States. Phoenix, the seat of Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa County, is the largest city by population and area in Arizona, with an area of , and is also the List of United States cities by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona State University
Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public university, public research university in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal School by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, the university is one of the List of United States university campuses by enrollment, largest public universities by enrollment in the United States. It was one of about 180 "normal schools" founded in the late 19th century to train teachers for the rapidly growing public common schools. Some closed, but most steadily expanded their role and became state colleges in the early 20th century, then state universities in the late 20th century. One of three universities governed by the Arizona Board of Regents, Arizona State University is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity". ASU has over 183,000 st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Day O'Connor College Of Law
The Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law (ASU Law) is the law school at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Arizona. The school is in the Beus Center for Law and Society on ASU's downtown Phoenix campus. Created in 1965 as the Arizona State University College of Law upon recommendation of the Arizona Board of Regents, with the first classes held in the fall of 1967. The school has held American Bar Association accreditation since 1969 and is a member of the Order of the Coif. The school is also a member of the Association of American Law Schools. In 2006, the law school was renamed in honor of Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix resident, Stanford University, Stanford graduate, and retired List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. History The school was previously located in Armstrong Hall, adjacent to the Ross-Blakley Law Library on ASU's Tempe campus. In 2012, the school announced plans to relocate to the Arizona State Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PEPCON Disaster
On May 4, 1988, a fire followed by several explosions occurred at the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) chemical plant in Henderson, Nevada. The disaster caused two fatalities, 372 injuries, and an estimated $100 million of damage. A large portion of the Las Vegas Valley within a radius of the plant was affected and several agencies activated disaster plans. Background The PEPCON plant, located in Henderson, Nevada, from Las Vegas, was one of only two American producers of ammonium perchlorate ("AP"), an oxidizer used in solid propellant rockets, including the Space Shuttle boosters, Trident SLBMs, and other rockets such as the Patriot. The other producer, Kerr-McGee, was located less than away from the PEPCON facility, within the area that suffered some blast damage. In addition to ammonium perchlorate, the plant produced other perchlorate chemicals including sodium perchlorate. The facility also had a high-pressure gas transmission line running ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clark County, Nevada
Clark County is the most populous County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Nevada with 2,265,461 residents as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The county is the location of the state's three largest cities, Las Vegas (the county seat), Henderson, Nevada, Henderson, and North Las Vegas, Nevada, North Las Vegas, as well as the Las Vegas Strip, Nellis Air Force Base, and Hoover Dam. Clark County has of land area, roughly the size of New Jersey. Although the county has 70% of Nevada's population making it the List of the most populous counties in the United States, 11th-most populous county in the United States, Clark County covers only 7% of Nevada's land mass. Despite having the name ''Las Vegas'' as part of their address, over 1 million residents live in Unincorporated towns in Nevada, unincorporated Clark County, with municipal services provided by the county. The county plays a role much larger than is typical in the US as it has direct jurisdiction ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevada Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Nevada is the highest state court of the U.S. state of Nevada, and the head of the Nevada Judiciary. The main constitutional function of the Supreme Court is to review appeals made directly from the decisions of the district courts. The Supreme Court does not pursue fact-finding by conducting trials, but rather determines whether legal errors were committed in the rendering of the lower court's decision. While the Court must consider all cases filed, it has the discretion to send appeals to the Nevada Court of Appeals for final resolution, as well as the power to determine the jurisdiction of that court. There are seven Justices on the court, who are elected to six-year terms in officially nonpartisan elections and who are not subject to term limits, which were rejected by voters in 1996. The Governor appoints Justices in the case of a vacancy. The most senior justice becomes Chief Justice for a two-year term. History When Nevada was admitted to the fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Nevada Elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Nevada on November 3, 2020. To Postal voting in the United States, vote by mail, registered Nevada voters must ensure each ballot is postmarked by November 3 and received by November 10, 2020. Federal offices President of the United States Incumbent Republican Party (US), Republican President Donald Trump was challenged by Democratic Party (US), Democratic nominee Joe Biden in 2020. Prior to election day, news outlets and polls predicted Nevada to have a slight lean towards Biden. Nevada has six electoral votes in the United States Electoral College, Electoral College. U.S. House of Representatives Nevada has Nevada's congressional districts, four congressional districts that elect four delegates to the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives. Since the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, 2016 elections, three representatives have been Democratic. State offices State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century American Judges
File:1st century collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Jesus is crucified by Roman authorities in Judaea (17th century painting). Four different men (Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian) claim the title of Emperor within the span of a year; The Great Fire of Rome (18th-century painting) sees the destruction of two-thirds of the city, precipitating the empire's first persecution against Christians, who are blamed for the disaster; The Roman Colosseum is built and holds its inaugural games; Roman forces besiege Jerusalem during the First Jewish–Roman War (19th-century painting); The Trưng sisters lead a rebellion against the Chinese Han dynasty (anachronistic depiction); Boudica, queen of the British Iceni leads a rebellion against Rome (19th-century statue); Knife-shaped coin of the Xin dynasty., 335px rect 30 30 737 1077 Crucifixion of Jesus rect 767 30 1815 1077 Year of the Four Emperors rect 1846 30 3223 1077 Great Fire of Rome rect 30 1108 1106 2155 Boudican revolt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
