The Nevada Supreme Court has decided that a Clark County judge went too far when he sentenced a defendant in a robbery case to life in prison without parole.
David Ferrara
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Before being named assistant city editor in September 2021, David covered courts and legal affairs for the Review-Journal. He joined the newspaper in 2014 after more than six years reporting in the Deep South, where he wrote extensively about the BP oil spill. Prior to that, he worked for newspapers, magazines and a wire service in Chicago. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
A Las Vegas couple are accused of defrauding the North Carolina Medicaid Program out of $13 million, according to the Department of Justice.
Water damage at the Regional Justice Center resulted in a closure of parts of the downtown building that could be extended through the week, officials said Monday.
In an emergency petition, lawyers for a Las Vegas church have asked a federal judge to force Gov. Steve Sisolak to allow parishoners back into pews.
Most people who enter Las Vegas courthouses will be required to wear face coverings, according to an order issued Thursday.
The Nevada Supreme Court has ordered changes to the state bar exam, allowing prospective lawyers to take the test online with an open book in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Flouting precautions in a pandemic could open businesses up to civil litigation, legal experts say.
A gym in northwest Las Vegas that was the site of a coronavirus shutdown protest has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Steve Sisolak and the Metropolitan Police Department.
A pair of attorneys vying for judgeships in Clark County filed two separate complaints with the state’s judicial review board against seven candidates.
Real estate broker Scott Gragson is expected to pay out $21 million to the family of a woman killed when he drove drunk and crashed in The Ridges community, according to court documents.
A Henderson officer who claimed that years of police duties worsened his hearing loss will get another chance at workers’ compensation after a recent court decision.
Former tenants of the Alpine Motel Apartments, the site of the deadly Las Vegas fire, can start retrieving personal property within about a month.
At the end of a Las Vegas Review-Journal debate for a Family Court seat, candidate Jason Stoffel pointed to a reprimand against one of his opponents, Nadin Cutter.
Joshua Nichols, the son of the Oklahoma City bombing accomplice, wore a face covering for a Henderson court hearing Wednesday.
A Family Court judge is being opposed by his sister-in-law in the June primary, but she didn’t show up for a Las Vegas Review-Journal debate for candidates in the race.