Michael A. Cherry (born 1944) is a former justice of the

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 distr ...

. He was elected in 2006.

Education

Cherry did his undergraduate studies at the

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and graduated in 1966. He earned his law degree from

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in 1969.

Career

Cherry began his career as a Deputy Clark County Public Defender. He then became a partner at the law firm of Manos, Bailus, and Kelesis. In 1981 he was appointed as Special Master of the MGM Grand Fire Litigation. Two years later he assumed the duties of the Special Master of the Las Vegas Hilton Fire Litigation. At both of these jobs he served as a liaison between the plaintiffs' attorneys, defense attorneys, and court. The work he did as Special Master earned him recognition since he helped establish procedures which are now a part of mass disaster litigation. In 1997 he was appointed to the Clark County Special Public Defender's Office to handle conflict and homicide cases. In 1998 Cherry was elected as a District Court Judge in Clark County. In 2006 he was elected to the

. In 2012 he was reelected. His term expired in January 2019. He served as chief justice from 20122013 and again from 20172018. Cherry has said he will retire in January 2019.

References

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