Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County Chambers Communication Rules
410 rules from official source documents
Rules 51 to 100, page 2 of 9
Rules for contacting chambers: permitted methods, hours, and purposes.
CRITICAL
Ex parte communication with the Court, written or otherwise, is prohibited.
Judge Hardy does not permit ex parte communication with the Court, written or otherwise.
CRITICAL
Judge Hardy does not accept letters from counsel.
Judge Hardy does not accept of letters from counsel.
CRITICAL
Do not submit explanatory information through the Department’s Order Inbox; the Court cannot access such information there.
No explanatory information may be submitted to or will be accessible to the Court through the Department’s Order Inbox.
CRITICAL
All communication about contested orders must be directed through chambers staff.
All communication must go through chambers staff.
CRITICAL
- Contact
- Email to chambers
A party aware of a possible competing order must notify the Law Clerk, and any competing order must be submitted within 24 hours of the first order.
Parties with knowledge of a possible competing order are required to notify the Law Clerk at dept25lc@clarkcountycourts.us , and any party submitting a competing order must do so within 24 hours of the first submitted order.
CRITICALCivil cases
Daily transcripts must be prearranged with the Recorder at least two weeks before trial begins.
Daily transcripts must be prearranged at least two weeks prior to the start of your trial.
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- Contact
- Email to chambers
Parties must email proposed orders to DeptNInbox@ClarkCountyCourts.us for the court's review and processing.
Parties are to email proposed Orders to DeptNInbox@ClarkCountyCourts.us for the Court's review and processing.
CRITICAL
- Contact
- Email to clerk
Proposed orders are submitted by email to DeptVInbox@ClarkCountyCourts.us.
Proposed orders must be submitted in PDF format to DeptVInbox@ClarkCountyCourts.us
CRITICALCivil cases
- Contact
- Email to chambers
Jury instructions should be e-mailed to both the law clerk at Dept09LC@ClarkCountyCourts.us and Teri Hoskin, the JEA, at HoskinT@ClarkCountyCourts.us.
Jury instructions should be e-mailed to both the law clerk at Dept09LC@ClarkCountyCourts.us and Teri Hoskin, the JEA, at HoskinT@ClarkCountyCourts.us.
CRITICAL
- Contact
- Email to chambers
Emails transmitting proposed orders to chambers must not include any additional argument or discussion.
NO ADDITIONAL ARGUMENT OR DISCUSSION SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE E-MAIL.
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Letters to the Court containing substantive argument on a contested proposed order are improper ex parte communications and will not be considered, even if copied to opposing counsel.
Letters to the Court containing substantive argument on the merits of a contested proposed order are disfavored, viewed as improper ex parte communications, even if copied to opposing counsel, and will not be considered.
CRITICAL
- Contact
- Email to chambers
All proposed orders must be submitted to the Department 12 email inbox (dc12inbox@clarkcountycourts.us).
All orders must be submitted to the Department 12 Inbox.
CRITICALCivil cases
- Contact
- Email to clerk
Audio visual equipment arrangements must be made in advance with Court Recorder Sara Richardson by email.
If counsel anticipates the need for audio visual equipment for trial, arrangements must be made in advance with the Court Recorder Sara Richardson, RicharsonS@clarkcountycourts.us
CRITICALCivil cases
- Contact
A set of the proposed jury instructions and verdict forms must be emailed in WORD format to JEA Pamela Osterman.
Please email a set in WORD format, to the JEA, Pamela Osterman at OstermanP@clarkcountycourts.us
CRITICAL
- Contact
- Phone
- 702-671-3300
Counsel anticipating the need for trial audio visual equipment must submit a request to the District Court Help Desk following the calendar call (702-671-3300 or courthelpdesk@clarkcountycourts.us).
If counsel anticipates the need for audio visual equipment during the trial, a request must be submitted to the District Court Help Desk following the calendar call. You can reach the District Court Help Desk for AV support at 702-671-3300 or via E-Mail at courthelpdesk@clarkcountycourts.us
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- Contact
- Email to chambers
Competing order submissions must be emailed to both the JEA (everettt@clarkcountycourts.us) and the Law Clerk (dept04lc@clarkcountycourts.us).
When submitting competing orders, please email the materials specified below to both the JEA (everettt@clarkcountycourts.us) and the Law Clerk (dept04lc@clarkcountycourts.us).
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- Email to chambers
Counsel must copy opposing counsel on all email correspondence with the Department, except in Minor's Compensation and ex parte matters.
Except for cases involving Minor's Compensation and Ex-Parte Motions, Counsel must copy opposing counsel on any email correspondence with the Department, pursuant to Nevada Code of Judicial Conduct Rule 2.9(A)(1).
CRITICALCivil cases
- Contact
- Email to clerk
An editable Word version of the exhibit list must be emailed to the Court Clerk at zamoram@clarkcountycourts.us.
An editable word document of the exhibit list (included in this this document) MUST be emailed to the clerk at: zamoram@clarkcountycourts.us.
CRITICALCourt notice
- Contact
The Agreement to Pay Recording Fee form, completed with the parties' chosen billing arrangement for the $40 per hour fee, must be signed and emailed to Court Recorder Kerry Esparza before trial begins.
Please sign and return this sheet to __Kerry Esparza___________, Court Recorder at email of:___Esparzak@clarkcountycourts.us_____ prior to commencement of the trial.
CRITICALCivil cases
- Contact
- Email to chambers
Jury instructions must be emailed to alperc@clarkcountycourts.us prior to trial.
Jury instructions are to be emailed to alperc@clarkcountycourts.us prior to trial and are not to be filed.
CRITICALCivil cases
- Contact
- Email to clerk
At least one week of advance notice to the Court Recorder is required to request daily transcripts.
Daily transcripts require advance notice to our recorder of at least one week.
CRITICALCivil cases
- Contact
- Email to chambers
Voir Dire questions should be emailed to dept26lc@clarkcountycourts.us and are not d to be filed.
Voir Dire questions should be emailed to dept26lc@clarkcountycourts.us and are not d to be filed.
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Orders may only be submitted to the department inbox email, not to the law clerk's or JEA's email.
Orders can ONLY be submitted to the DC16inbox email and NOT the law clerk's or JEA's email.
CRITICALCivil cases
- Contact
- Email to clerk
An editable Word document of the exhibit list must be emailed to the Court Clerk at zamoram@clarkcountycourts.us.
An editable word document of the exhibit list (included in this this document) MUST be emailed to the clerk at: zamoram@clarkcountycourts.us.
CRITICALCivil cases
- Contact
- Email to clerk
- Phone
- (702) 671-0880
At least one week of advance notice to the Court Recorder is required to request daily transcripts.
Daily transcripts require advance notice to our recorder of at least one week.
CRITICALCivil cases
- Contact
- Email to chambers
Jury instructions must be emailed to alperc@clarkcountycourts.us prior to trial.
Jury instructions are to be emailed to alperc@clarkcountycourts.us prior to trial and are not to be filed.
CRITICALCivil cases
- Contact
- Email to chambers
Voir Dire questions should be emailed to dept26lc@clarkcountycourts.us and are not d to be filed.
Voir Dire questions should be emailed to dept26lc@clarkcountycourts.us and are not d to be filed.
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- Contact
- Email to clerk
- Phone
- (702)671-0689
In cases with 100+ exhibits, counsel must contact the Clerk at least one week before trial to arrange exhibit marking.
For cases with a large number of exhibits (100+), more time is necessary to prepare them for trial; therefore, counsel MUST CONTACT the Clerk at least a week prior to trial to make arrangements to mark exhibits. (See name, phone number and e-mail address listed above.)
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- Phone to chambers
Parties must contact the department at least 24 hours before a pending hearing to confirm receipt of settlement/off-calendar documents, or risk sanctions if they fail to follow up and fail to appear.
If there is a pending hearing in a case, and a party has submitted settlement documents, or any other document/Order that would take that pending hearing off calendar and/or close the case, the parties are required to contact the department at-least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the pending hearing that they believe should be taken off calendar, to ensure that said document has been received and that the hearing has been taken off calendar. If a party feels that a matter should be taken off calendar, but they fail to follow-up, and then fail to appear at said hearing, sanctions will issue.
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- Contact
- Email to chambers
Proposed voir dire, jury instructions, and verdict form must be emailed to the Judicial Executive Assistant before trial begins.
Prior to the start of trial, e-mail proposed Voir Dire, Jury Instructions and verdict form to the Judicial Executive Assistant, Sandra Jeter, at JeterS@clarkcountycourts.us.
CRITICAL
If a case settles, the parties must notify the department in writing or face sanctions for failure to appear at pending hearings.
If a case has settled, and the parties fail to notify the department in writing, and then fail to appear at any pending hearings, sanctions will issue.
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- Phone to chambers
When submitting an off-calendar document one day before the hearing, the party must call the department immediately to alert it to the document.
If a party is submitting a document to take a case off calendar one day prior to the hearing, that document must be submitted at least one hour prior to 11:00 AM, and the party must call the department immediately to make it aware of the document.
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- Contact
- Email to chambers
Orders may only be submitted to the DC16inbox email and not to the law clerk's or JEA's email.
Orders can ONLY be submitted to the DC16inbox email and NOT the law clerk's or JEA's email
CRITICALCivil cases
- Contact
- Email to clerk
An editable Microsoft Word document of the exhibit list must be emailed to the JEA at CarreraA@clarkcountycourts.us.
An editable Microsoft word document of the exhibit list MUST be emailed to the JEA at: CarreraA@clarkcountycourts.us
CRITICALCivil cases
Counsel for each party must contact Courtroom Clerk Shawn Rabino to set an appointment for exhibit submission.
Counsel for each party shall contact the Courtroom Clerk, Shawn Rabino, to set an appointment.
CRITICAL
- Contact
- Email to clerk
The signed recording fee billing sheet must be returned to Court Recorder Christine Erickson by email before commencement of the trial.
Please sign and return this sheet to Christine Erickson, Court Recorder, ericksonc@clarkcountycourts.us prior to commencement of the trial.
CRITICAL
- Contact
Daily transcripts must be prearranged with the Recorder at least 3 weeks before the start of trial.
Daily transcripts must be prearranged at least 3 weeks prior to the start of your trial.
CRITICALCivil cases
- Contact
- Email to chambers
Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law must be emailed to the law clerk (dept05LC@clarkcountycourts.us) and the JEA (Mosert@clarkcountycourts.us).
The parties shall submit their respective Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law within three (3) Judicial days after conclusion of the bench trial in Word document for the Court's review to the law clerk at dept05LC@clarkcountycourts.us and the JEA at Mosert@clarkcountycourts.us
CRITICALCivil cases
- Contact
- Email to chambers
The requested trial documents (jury instructions, verdict forms, voir dire questions, witness list, argument estimates) must be emailed to both the Law Clerk and the JEA prior to calendar call.
Please email both the Law Clerk, Tamara Akin, at Dept05LC@ClarkCountyCourts.us and Tara Moser, the JEA, at MoserT@ClarkCountyCourts.us. with the above-referenced requested documents prior to calendar call.
WARNING
- Contact
- Email to clerk
Daily transcripts must be prearranged with recorder Shannon Emmons by email at least one week before trial begins.
Dailey transcript must be prearranged at least one week prior to the start of your trial. Please contact Shannon Emmons at EmmonsS@clarkcountycourts.us to make prior arrangements.
WARNING
Audio/visual equipment arrangements must be made with the Court Recorder in advance of trial.
Arrangements must be made with the Court Recorder in advance of that trial.
WARNING
- Contact
- Email to chambers
The department may be emailed or called about continuing or moving a hearing only after the party has contacted all other parties/counsel and submitted a stipulation and order to the inbox or filed a request into the case.
If you are seeking to continue or move a hearing BEFORE calling or emailing the department please do the following: Contact all other parties/counsel to seek agreement; and then Send a stipulation and order to the inbox (dc11inbox@clarkcountycourts.us) or FILE a request into the case. ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE TAKEN BOTH OF THESE STEPS should you email or call the department.
WARNING
A party using an outside court reporter for real-time must promptly advise the Court Recorder of the reporter's identity and the contact information of the person responsible for organizing and payment.
If you decide you would like to use an outside court reporter for “real time”, please promptly advise the Court Recorder who you will be using, as well as contact information of who will be responsible for organizing, and payment to the same.
WARNINGCivil cases
- Contact
- Email to chambers
Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law should be emailed to the Department JEA (rawlinsont@clarkcountycourts.us) and the Department Law Clerk (Dept11LC@clarkcountycourts.us).
These should be emailed to the Department JEA, rawlinsont@clarkcountycourts.us, and the Department Law Clerk, Dept11LC@clarkcountycourts.us.
WARNINGCivil cases
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Counsel must contact the Court Recorder (hawkinsj@clarkcountycourts.us) to arrange testing of courtroom equipment prior to trial.
If counsel needs to test any equipment to be used in the courtroom prior to trial, you must contact the Court Recorder, hawkinsj@clarkcountycourts.us, and the JEA, rawlinsont@clarkcountycourts.us, to set this up.
WARNING
- Contact
- Email to clerk
- Phone
- (702) 671-4327
If you would like to request daily transcripts, please contact me at least 3 weeks prior to trial and I will try to accommodate your request.
If you would like to request daily transcripts, please contact me at least 3 weeks prior to trial and I will try to accommodate your request.
WARNING
- Contact
- Phone to chambers
Telephonic appearances are permitted for calendar matters with prior notice to the court, and counsel must call chambers to confirm arrangements; telephonic appearances at trial and evidentiary hearings are governed by statute and case law.
Pursuant to EDCR and prior notice to the court, appearances may be made telephonically for calendar matters. Call chambers to confirm the arrangements to be made with each separate department. Follow the statute and case law regarding telephonic appearances at trial and evidentiary hearings.
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- Phone to chambers
Chambers is sometimes available for telephonic conferences with counsel, such as for minor discovery issues and emergencies regarding the children (medical, educational).
Is your department available for telephonic conferences with counsel? Sometimes What are some of the circumstances in which your department will engage in a telephonic conference? Minor discovery issue Emergencies regarding the children (medical, educational)
WARNING
- Contact
- Email to clerk
- Phone
- 702-671-0663
Courtroom equipment must be reserved in advance by emailing CourtHelpDesk or the Court Recorder (email or phone).
To reserve courtroom equipment, i.e., ELMO, screens, televisions, projectors, DVD/CD players, etc., submit an advanced request to CourtHelpDesk@clarkcountycourts.us or the Court Recorder, Jessica Kirkpatrick kirkpatrickJ@clarkcountycourts.us 702-671-0663.
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Please make arrangements with the Recorder in advance to come a little early to set up and test your equipment to be prepared prior to trial starting.
Please make arrangements with the Recorder in advance to come a little early to set up and test your equipment to be prepared prior to trial starting.
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