Where are you serving? 

I’m a District Court Judge in Department 3, 4th Judicial District Court (Elko County), and Juvenile Court Judge. 

How long have you been in this office? 

I have served on the District Court since January 2021. Prior to my election to the District Court, I served as Elko Township Justice of the Peace and City of Elko Municipal Court Judge (2013 – 2020), and prior to that, as Family Court Master for the Fourth Judicial District Court (2007 – 2012).

What does your typical week involve? 

As general jurisdiction judges in a rural Nevada county, we hear a variety of criminal

Like many of today’s students at the Boyd School of Law, Justin Carley was a big sports fan when he attended the school in the mid-2000s. 

Two years ago, Stephanie Allen wouldn’t have labeled herself a rabid fan of the wildly popular auto racing circuit known as Formula One.

Growing up in east Las Vegas, Silvia Villanueva (’14) learned the importance of advocating for her own educational opportunities and speaking up for her family’s lack of access to quality
legal guidance and business advice.

Read more about some Boyd Law alumni career updates. 

When she was a student at the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV, Sally Galati wielded a big red casebook when she, her husband, and their two young sons were on a Pacific Northwest road trip.

Henderson City Attorney Nicholas Vaskov will always be grateful to the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV for a career he never expected.

She discovered she loved the law so much that she moved across the country, earned a degree at the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV in 2015, and is now a Henderson assistant city attorney (criminal division), making a difference in local justice.

Attorney at Snell & Wilmer

Alumna Erica Adler JD '20, LL.M. '21, is currently Associate General Counsel at Aruze Gaming America, Inc., a company with Japanese ties that manufactures and distributes gaming machines across the U.S. and internationally.