Legal

MGM asks for quick decision on flawed Vegas hotel

The Harmon Hotel at CityCenter sits empty and unfinished with the Veer Towers seen in the background Friday, July 29, 2011.

MGM Resorts International is asking the Nevada Supreme Court to speed up a decision that's holding up the demolition of a flawed hotel tower on the Las Vegas Strip.

7 February 2013
Associated Press

Judge Valorie Vega accepts public reprimand

Judge Valorie Vega presides over the trial of Victor Fakoya at the Regional Justice Center on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010.

Clark County District Judge Valorie Vegas has agreed to accept a public reprimand and admits she recessed a trial early on six occasions to attend her daughter’s high school soccer games.

6 February 2013
By Cy Ryan

Joe Downtown: Former politician now engaged in 'Art of Free Law'

Matt Callister of Callister and Associates dispenses free legal advice at his firm's First Friday booth Friday, Feb. 1, 2013.

The oddity of a free legal clinic in Las Vegas isn’t defined by the fact it sits under a tent in the middle of First Friday, a downtown monthly fest for art, entertainment and food. Some advice-seekers might appear odd, such as the bearded lady from a cancelled television show, but that’s not it, either. What puts The Art of Law Free Legal Clinic in a different realm is attorney Matt Callister, the man who started it. Talk to 10 people and you’ll likely get 10 different descriptions for the guy.

6 February 2013
By Joe Schoenmann

Minimizing tax pain: These lawyers work to save you money and migraines

Oshins & Associates attorneys, from left, Katie Colombo, Kristen Simmons, Steve Oshins, Heidi Freeman, Jeremy Spackman and Richard Oshins (not photographed) pose in the the Law Firm of Oshins & Associates, 1645 Village Center Circle, Las Vegas, Tuesday, January 29, 2013.

A well-trained tax attorney can keep you or your company on firm legal ground, prevent an IRS audit, and perhaps most importantly, save you money. Tax attorneys perform two main functions, whether their client is an individual, small business or multimillion-dollar corporation. Simply put, they prevent problems and minimize obligations.

4 February 2013
By Rob Langrell

Association of Realtors pushing for clarification on robosigning

Joel Searby of Strategic Guidance Systems discusses the Nevada Association of Realtors' "Face of Foreclosure" report at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Tuesday, January 22, 2013.

With the Nevada Legislature back in session today, a real estate lobbying group has a slate of issues it wants lawmakers to consider. The most important is whether to change the state’s controversial “robosigning” law. The Nevada Association of Realtors is pushing for changes to the law while at the same time trying to downplay its impact on business.

4 February 2013
By Eli Segall

After dominating headlines in early 2012, Kathleen Vermillion stays out of news

Former Henderson City Councilwoman Kathleen Vermillion

Kathleen Vermillion’s precipitous fall began in December 2011 with the quiet announcement that she was resigning her post on the Henderson City Council to spend more time with her family and the nonprofit she founded, the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth.

3 February 2013
By Conor Shine

New app offers court docket information in real time

Clark County District Court released a smart-phone application called Courtfinder, which lets users search for cases.

A judge’s suggestion served as inspiration for a new smartphone application that gives users real-time court information.

29 January 2013
By Jackie Valley

Las Vegas attorney among three nominated to succeed eastern Nevada judge

Two lawyers from Ely and one from Las Vegas have been nominated to succeed District Judge Dan Papez, who retired this month after 20 years on the bench in the Seventh Judicial District.

23 January 2013
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Las Vegas lawyer pleads to mortgage fraud scheme in valley

A Las Vegas lawyer pleaded guilty to his involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme that cost banks and other federally insured institutions $30 million, Nevada’s U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden announced today.

14 January 2013
By Jackie Valley

The Palms agrees to pay $1 million to settle drug, prostitution charges

An exterior view of the Palms on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012.

Two men arriving at the Moon Nightclub last March asked an employee to help them find women willing to have sex with them. Cost wasn't a concern, the customers said. The nightclub host complied. The cost to the Palms will be more than $1 million.

11 January 2013
By Ron Sylvester

On Nevada's lonely rural roads, a judge still rides the circuit blazed by forebears

Kim Wanker is a judge who puts some miles on her car. Nevada’s 5th District judge takes a monthly circuit trip hundreds of miles to some courthouses that haven’t changed in a century. Here, Judge Wanker poses with a furry character whose head hangs inside the courthouse in Tonopah.

Judge Kim Wanker is behind the wheel again. The highway is a straight line into the desert’s nothingness, where crows begrudgingly relinquish their spots on the hot asphalt. She motors past wild horses, diners with portraits of John Wayne and anonymous dirt roads leading off into the scrub brush.

8 January 2013
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times

Chief judge named for North Las Vegas Justice Court

A Las Vegas native has been named chief judge of the North Las Vegas Justice Court, officials announced Monday.

7 January 2013
By Jackie Valley

Head of mining company settles SEC fraud charges

The head of a California mining company has settled charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission that he and his firm defrauded investors in a Nevada gold-mining venture.

3 January 2013
By Eli Segall

State Supreme Court sides with transparency in refusing to seal court records

The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that court records in criminal cases should be open to the public for "an effective, functioning judicial system."

27 December 2012
By Cy Ryan

UNLV program acquaints potential young witnesses with courtroom practices, earns 'Bright Ideas' award

A child plays the role of the judge during a role play session in Kids Court School inside the Thomas and Mack Moot Courtroom at UNLVs William S. Boyd School of Law in Las Vegas on Thursday, December 13, 2012.

The young witnesses called to the stand give the same story every time: Their blue bike is missing, and they saw a man wearing a purple suit take it. That’s the simple part.

25 December 2012
By Jackie Valley
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