Nevada Judicial Historical Society

The Nevada Judicial Historical Society (NVJHS) is a non-profit 501(3)(c) organization founded in 1988. The society is dedicated to the preservation and better understanding of the history of Nevada's judiciary and bar. The society is governed by a board of 15 trustees who serve three year terms; officers are elected from within the board. There are no restrictions on board membership, except that there must be a representative of the Supreme Court, a district court and a justice court. The bylaws require an annual meeting of the membership, but the board meets two to three times a year to monitor projects and all members are invited to attend.

Officers

Terry Rankin, Chair

Jeff Kintop, Vice-Chair

Ann Walsh Long, Secretary

Karen Garaventa Baggett, Treasurer 

Trustees

Patricia Cafferata 
Justice Kristina Pickering 
Hon. Robert Johnston 
Hon. William Maddox 
Hon. Thomas Perkins
James Smith 
Hon. Gloria Sturman

• Susan Southwick, Carson City Mint Presses Judicial Medallions, Nev. Law., December 2006, at 13.
• Susan Southwick, The Nevada Supreme Court: Ten Great Cases 1865-1937, Nev. Law., March 1998, at 22.
• Heidi Parry Stern, Nevada History Through Its Case Law, Nev. Law., May 2010, at 46.

• J. Mason E. Simons, The Forward March of Progress in Rural Nevada, Nev. Law., November 2024, at 16.
• Patricia Cafferata, Partisan Elections to Select Judges, Nev. Law., October 2014, at 46.
• Jorge "Coco" Padilla & Samuel D. Aspelmeier, History of Nevada Court of Appeals and Appellate Tip Guide, Nev. Law., April 2023, at 8.
• Teresa Rankin, History of Nevada's Supreme Court Buildings, Nev. Law., April 2023, at 16.
• Patricia Cafferata, Early Years of Nevada Supreme Court: 1864-1916, Nev. Law., April 2023, at 20.