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Las Vegas lawyer pleads guilty to stealing millions from clients

Longtime estate attorney Robert Graham pleaded guilty in District Court Thursday to stealing millions of dollars from clients, many of whom relied financially on trust funds he oversaw.

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Nevada high court wants more information in school dispute case

Several Nevada Supreme Court justices appeared inclined Thursday to send back to district court a thorny dispute over where a child of a divorced Las Vegas couple should attend school.

Jury seated for first trial in Bunkerville standoff case

Opening statements are scheduled for Thursday in the conspiracy trial against six men accused of participating in an armed standoff against federal law enforcement agents who tried to impound rancher Cliven Bundy’s cattle.

Henderson Veterans Court offers second chance to struggling former military members

Albert Gutierrez was too old to continue down the path he was on, which included sleepless nights locked up in jail. Years of alcohol abuse had left the 70-year-old U.S. Army veteran in trouble with the law and estranged from his family. When the treatment court known as Veterans Court was made an option to him, he had a choice.

Judge dismisses defamation lawsuit against state bar

A federal judge has dismissed the defamation lawsuit filed in 2014 by Las Vegas attorney David Phillips against the State Bar of Nevada.

2 towns on Arizona-Utah border lose federal discrimination lawsuit

Two towns in the western United States and their joint water company on Monday lost a U.S. federal lawsuit claiming they discriminated against residents who did not belong to an unacknowledged offshoot of the Mormon Church.

Voting rights group threatens Nevada with possible DMV lawsuit

Voting rights advocates said Monday they have sent a pre-litigation notice letter to Nevada officials, warning that the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles is failing to meet its federally mandated voter registration obligations.

Bundy supporters plan courthouse rally in Las Vegas this week

Cliven Bundy’s family is using social media to plan a rally outside the federal courthouse on Thursday before his arraignment on felony charges stemming from the April 2014 armed standoff with law enforcement near Bunkerville.