Jeanne Winkler received the Nevada State Bar’s most serious sanction Monday night when a panel of judges unanimously recommended she be disbarred for life after stealing more than $260,000 from her client trust fund.
A former University Medical Center official testified Tuesday that former hospital chief Lacy Thomas did press county lawyers to get around state laws.
Johnnie Jordan, the bailiff for former District Court Judge Elizabeth Halverson, has pleaded guilty to one count of lewdness with a minor, a District Court clerk confirmed Tuesday.
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto said Tuesday that she won’t honor a request by Gov. Jim Gibbons to take legal action on the state’s behalf to block implementation of new federal health care legislation.