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Nevada Judicial Historical Society

NVJHS is dedicated to the preservation and better understanding of the history of Nevada's judiciary and bar.

Nevada Courts

Justice

Dates of Service

Memorial

Other

Brosnan, Cornelius M.

1864-1867

   

Beatty, Henry Oscar

1864-1868

   

Lewis, James F.

1864-1873

19 Nev. 449

 

Johnson, John Neely

1867-1871

   

Whitman, Bernard Crosby

1868-1875

19 Nev. 445

 

Garber, John

1871-1872

30 Nev. 507Portrait

 

Belknap, Charles Henry

1872-1875

50 Nev. 443Portrait

 

Hawley, Thomas Porter

1873-1890

29 Nev. 597

 

Earll, Warner

1875-1877

19 Nev. 453

 

Beatty, William Henry

1875-1881

37 Nev. 511Portrait

168 Cal. 799 (Memorial)

Leonard, Orville Rinaldo

1877-1889

   

Belknap, Charles Henry

1881-1905

50 Nev. 443Portrait

 

Murphy, Michael Augustus

1889-1995

31 Nev. 541

 

Bigelow, Rensselaer R.

1890-1897

29 Nev. 597

 

Bonnifield, McKaskia Stems

1895-1901

36 Nev. 647Portrait

 

Massey, William Alexander

1897-1902

37 Nev. 507

 

Fitzgerald, Adolphus Leigh

1901-1907

45 Nev. 453Portrait

 

Julien, Thomas Van Camp

1902-1903

   

Talbot, George Frederick

1903-1915

58 Nev. 483

 

Norcross, Frank Herbert

1905-1917

69 Nev. 357Portrait

 

Sweeney, James G.

1907-1913

40 Nev. 562Portrait

 

McCarran, Patrick Anthony

1913-1919

70 Nev. 561Portrait

 

Coleman, Benjamin Wilson

1915-1939

58 Nev. 485Portrait

 

Sanders, John Adams

1917-1935

65 Nev. 789Portrait

 

Ducker, Edward Augustus

1919-1946

63 Nev. 477Portrait

61 Nev. 491 (Birthday tribute)

Taber, Errol James Livingston

1935-1947

63 Nev. 497Portrait

 

Orr, William Edwin

1939-1945

   

Horsey, Charles Lee

1945-1951

73 Nev. 355Portrait

 

Eather, Edgar

1946-1958

85 Nev. 725Portrait

74 Nev. 391 (Retirement)

Badt, Milton Benjamin

1947-1966

82 Nev. 465Portrait

 

Merrill, Charles M.

1951-1959

117 Nev. 997Portrait

75 Nev. 531 (Retirement)

McNamee, Frank

1958-1965

85 Nev. 729Portrait

74 Nev. 391 (Investiture)

Pike, Miles Nelson

1959-1961

85 Nev. 735Portrait

75 Nev. 531 (Investiture)

Thompson, Gordon Rufus

1961-1977

117 Nev. 993Portrait

77 Nev. 505 (Investiture)

Zenoff, David

1965-1977

123 Nev. 661

 

Collins, Jon R.

1966-1971

105 Nev. 935Portrait

82 Nev. 469 (Investiture); 86 Nev. 947 (Retirement)

Batjer, Cameron McVicar

1967-1981

 

83 Nev. 537 (Investiture)

Mowbray, John Code

1967-1993

117 Nev. 1003Portrait

83 Nev. 537 (Investiture)

Gunderson, Elmer (Al) Millard

1971-1989

126 Nev. 619

 

Manoukian, Noel Edwin

1977-1985

 

93 Nev. 691 (Investiture)

Springer, Charles E.

1981-1997

 

109 Nev. 1247 (Investiture)

Steffen, Thomas L.

1982-1997

 

98 Nev. 617 (Investiture)

Young, C. Clifton (Cliff)

1985-2003

   

Rose, Robert E.

1989-2007

 

105 Nev. 917 (Investiture)

Shearing, Miriam C.

1993-1999

 

109 Nev. 1247 (Investiture)

Maupin, William (Bill)

1997-2009

 

113 Nev. 1463 (Investiture); 119 Nev. 673 (Investiture)

Agosti, Deborah A.

1999-2005

 

115 Nev. 449 (Investiture)

Becker, Nancy A.

1999-2005

 

115 Nev. 449 (Investiture)

Leavitt, Myron E.

2001-2004

122 Nev. 1467Portrait

115 Nev. 449 (Investiture)

Gibbons, Mark

2003-

 

119 Nev. 673 (Investiture); 125 Nev. 873 (Investiture)

Douglas, Michael

2004-

 

120 Nev. 1075 (Investiture); 121 Nev. 951 (Investiture); 123 Nev. 667 (Investiture)

Hardesty, James

2005-

 

121 Nev. 951 (Investiture)

Parraguirre, Ron

2005-

 

121 Nev. 951 (Investiture)

Cherry, Michael

2007-

 

123 Nev. 667 (Investiture)

Saitta, Nancy

2007-

 

123 Nev. 667 (Investiture)

Pickering, Mary Kristina

2009-

 

125 Nev. 873 (Investiture)

U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

udge

Dates of Service

Memorial

Other

Baldwin, Alexander White,

1865-1869

   

Boulware, Richard Franklin II

2014-

   

Claiborne, Harry E.

1978-1986

   

Dawson, Kent J.

2000-

   

Dorsey, Jennifer Anna

2013-

   

Du, Miranda Mai

2012-

   

Farrington, Edward Silsby

1907-1929

51 Nev. 473Portrait

 

Foley, Roger D.

1962-1996

975 F. Supp. lxi

615 F. Supp. lxv-xcv (Courthouse Dedication)

Foley, Roger Thomas

1945-1974

384 F. Supp. 1

615 F. Supp. lxv-xcv (Courthouse Dedication)

George, Lloyd D.

1984-

   

Gordon, Andrew Patrick

2013-

   

Hagen, David Warner

1993-2005

 

370 F. Supp. 2d xxxix (Portrait)

Hawley, Thomas Porter

1890-1906

   

Hicks, Larry R.

2001-

   

Hillyer, Edgar Winters

1869-1882

   

Hunt, Roger L.

2000-

   

Jones, Robert Clive

2003-

   

Mahan, James C.

2002-

   

McKibben, Howard D.

1984-

 

640 F. Supp. 2d xli (Portrait)

Navarro, Gloria Maria

2010-

   

Norcross, Frank Herbert

1928-1952

   

Pro, Philip Martin

1987-

   

Rawlinson, Johnnie B.

1998-2000

   

Reed, Edward Cornelius Jr.

1979-2013

   

Ross, John Rolly

1954-1963

221 F. Supp. 5

 

Sabin, George Myron

1882-1890

   

Sandoval, Brian Edward

2005-2009

   

Thompson, Bruce

1963-1992

819 F. Supp. lxi

461 F. Supp. 1 (Retirement)

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Judge

Dates of Service

Memorial

Other

Brunetti, Melvin

1985-2009

   

Bybee, Jay S.

2003-

   

Hug, Proctor Ralph, Jr.

1977-

   

Merrill, Charles Merton

1959-1996

   

Orr, William E.

1945-1965

351 F.2d 1

 

Rawlinson, Johnnie B.

2000-