Following is a list of the Supreme Court of Nevada justices.
The Chief Justice rotates on the Supreme Court of Nevada, almost always to a judge who is in their final two years of their term. Following the expansions of the court in 1967 and 1999, judges began to split what had traditionally been a two-year term between two or three justices, allowing each justice the opportunity to be Chief Justice during their six-year term. For many chief justices, the date of dates of tenure are drawn from the dates of court terms in the Nevada Judicial History Database.
Order (sequential) | Order (by first tenure) | Chief Justice | Began | Ended | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
— (territorial) | George Turner | March 27, 1861 | August 22, 1864 | [42] | |
1 | 1 | James F. Lewis | November 8, 1864 | January 7, 1867 | [42] |
2 | 2 | H. O. Beatty | January 7, 1867 | November 9, 1868 | [43] |
3 | 1 | James F. Lewis | November 9, 1868 | January 6, 1873 | [42] |
4 | 3 | Bernard C. Whitman | January 6, 1873 | January 4, 1875 | [42] [44] |
5 | 4 | Thomas P. Hawley | January 4, 1875 | January 6, 1879 | [42] [44] |
6 | 5 | William H. Beatty | January 6, 1879 | January 3, 1881 | [42] [44] |
7 | 6 | Orville R. Leonard | January 3, 1881 | January 1, 1883 | [42] [44] |
8 | 4 | Thomas P. Hawley | January 1, 1883 | January 5, 1885 | [45] [44] |
9 | 7 | Charles H. Belknap | January 5, 1885 | January 3, 1887 | [46] [44] |
10 | 6 | Orville R. Leonard | January 3, 1887 | January 7, 1889 | [47] [44] |
11 | 4 | Thomas P. Hawley | January 7, 1889 | September 27, 1890 | [48] [44] |
12 | 8 | Rensselaer R. Bigelow | December 2, 1890 | January 5, 1891 | [49] [44] |
13 | 7 | Charles H. Belknap | January 5, 1891 | January 2, 1893 | [50] [44] |
14 | 9 | Michael A. Murphy | January 2, 1893 | January 7, 1895 | [51] [44] |
15 | 8 | Rensselaer R. Bigelow | January 7, 1895 | January 4, 1897 | [52] [44] |
16 | 7 | Charles H. Belknap | January 4, 1897 | January 2, 1899 | [53] [44] |
17 | 10 | McKaskia Stearns Bonnifield | January 2, 1899 | January 7, 1901 | [54] [44] |
18 | 11 | William A. Massey | January 7, 1901 | September 1, 1902 | [55] [44] |
19 | 12 | Thomas V. Julien | September 15, 1902 | January 5, 1903 | [56] [44] |
20 | 7 | Charles H. Belknap | January 5, 1903 | January 2, 1905 | [57] [44] |
21 | 13 | Adolphus L. Fitzgerald | January 2, 1905 | January 7, 1907 | [58] [44] |
22 | 14 | George Frederick Talbot | January 7, 1907 | January 4, 1909 | [59] [44] |
23 | 15 | Frank H. Norcross | January 4, 1909 | January 2, 1911 | [60] [44] |
24 | 16 | James G. Sweeney | January 2, 1911 | January 6, 1913 | [61] [44] |
25 | 14 | George F. Talbot | January 6, 1913 | January 4, 1915 | [62] [44] |
26 | 15 | Frank H. Norcross | January 4, 1915 | January 1, 1917 | [63] [44] |
27 | 17 | Patrick McCarran | January 1, 1917 | January 6, 1919 | [64] [44] |
28 | 18 | Benjamin W. Coleman | January 6, 1919 | January 3, 1921 | [65] [44] |
29 | 19 | John A. Sanders | January 3, 1921 | January 2, 1923 | [66] [44] |
30 | 20 | Edward A. Ducker | January 2, 1923 | January 5, 1925 | [67] [44] |
31 | 18 | Benjamin W. Coleman | January 5, 1925 | January 3, 1927 | [68] [44] |
32 | 19 | John A. Sanders | January 3, 1927 | January 4, 1929 | [69] [44] |
33 | 20 | Edward A. Ducker | January 4, 1929 | January 5, 1931 | [70] [44] |
34 | 18 | Benjamin W. Coleman | January 5, 1931 | January 2, 1933 | [71] [44] |
35 | 19 | John A. Sanders | January 2, 1933 | January 7, 1935 | [72] [44] |
36 | 20 | Edward A. Ducker | January 7, 1935 | January 4, 1937 | [73] [44] |
37 | 18 | Benjamin W. Coleman | January 4, 1937 | January 2, 1939 | [74] [44] |
38 | 21 | E. J. L. Taber | January 2, 1939 | January 6, 1941 | [75] [44] |
39 | 20 | Edward A. Ducker | January 6, 1941 | January 4, 1943 | [76] [44] |
40 | 22 | William Edwin Orr | January 4, 1943 | January 1, 1945 | [77] [44] |
41 | 21 | E. J. L. Taber | January 1, 1945 | January 6, 1947 | [78] [44] |
42 | 23 | Edgar Eather | January 6, 1947 | January 1, 1949 | [79] [44] |
43 | 24 | Charles Lee Horsey | January 1, 1949 | January 2, 1951 | [80] |
44 | 25 | Milton B. Badt | January 2, 1951 | January 6, 1953 | [80] [44] |
45 | 23 | Edgar Eather | January 6, 1953 | January 4, 1955 | [80] |
46 | 26 | Charles M. Merrill | January 4, 1955 | January 8, 1957 | [80] |
47 | 25 | Milton B. Badt | January 8, 1957 | October 1, 1959 | [80] |
48 | 26 | Charles M. Merrill | October 1, 1959 | October 1, 1959 | [81] |
49 | 27 | Frank McNamee | January 5, 1960 | January 3, 1961 | [80] |
50 | 25 | Milton B. Badt | January 3, 1961 | January 5, 1965 | [80] |
51 | 27 | Frank McNamee | January 5, 1965 | February 17, 1965 | [80] |
52 | 28 | Gordon R. Thompson | February 17, 1965 | January 7, 1969 | [80] |
53 | 29 | Jon R. Collins | January 7, 1969 | January 5, 1971 | [80] |
54 | 30 | David Zenoff | January 5, 1971 | January 2, 1973 | [80] [44] |
55 | 28 | Gordon R. Thompson | January 2, 1973 | January 7, 1975 | [80] |
56 | 31 | Elmer M. Gunderson | January 7, 1975 | January 4, 1977 | [80] |
57 | 32 | Cameron McV. Batjer | January 4, 1977 | January 4, 1979 | [80] |
58 | 33 | John C. Mowbray | January 4, 1979 | January 3, 1981 | [80] |
59 | 31 | Elmer M. Gunderson | January 3, 1981 | January 1, 1983 | [80] |
60 | 34 | Noel E. Manoukian | January 1, 1983 | January 7, 1985 | [80] |
61 | 35 | Charles E. Springer | January 7, 1985 | January 6, 1986 | [80] |
62 | 33 | John C. Mowbray | January 6, 1986 | January 5, 1987 | [80] |
63 | 31 | Elmer M. Gunderson | January 5, 1987 | January 2, 1989 | [80] |
64 | 36 | C. Clifton Young | January 2, 1989 | January 7, 1991 | [80] |
65 | 33 | John C. Mowbray | January 7, 1991 | January 4, 1993 | [80] |
66 | 37 | Robert E. Rose | January 4, 1993 | January 3, 1995 | [80] |
67 | 38 | Thomas L. Steffen | January 3, 1995 | January 6, 1997 | [80] |
68 | 39 | Miriam Shearing | January 6, 1997 | January 5, 1998 | [80] [44] |
69 | 35 | Charles E. Springer | January 5, 1998 | January 1, 1999 | [80] |
70 | 37 | Robert E. Rose | January 1, 1999 | January 2, 2001 | [80] |
71 | 40 | A. William Maupin | January 2, 2001 | January 6, 2003 | [80] |
72 | 41 | Deborah Agosti | January 6, 2003 | January 5, 2004 | [80] |
73 | 39 | Miriam Shearing | January 5, 2004 | January 1, 2005 | [80] [44] |
74 | 42 | Nancy A. Becker | January 1, 2005 | January 1, 2006 | [80] |
75 | 37 | Robert E. Rose | January 1, 2006 | January 2, 2007 | [80] |
76 | 40 | A. William Maupin | January 2, 2007 | January 7, 2008 | [80] |
77 | 43 | Mark Gibbons | January 7, 2008 | January 2, 2009 | [80] |
78 | 44 | James Hardesty | January 2, 2009 | January 4, 2010 | [80] |
79 | 45 | Ron Parraguirre | January 4, 2010 | January 3, 2011 | [82] |
80 | 46 | Michael L. Douglas | January 3, 2011 | September 5, 2011 | [83] [44] |
81 | 47 | Nancy Saitta | September 5, 2011 | May 7, 2012 | [84] |
82 | 48 | Michael Cherry | May 7, 2012 | January 7, 2013 | [84] |
83 | 49 | Kristina Pickering | January 7, 2013 | January 6, 2014 | [85] |
84 | 43 | Mark Gibbons | January 6, 2014 | January 5, 2015 | [86] |
85 | 44 | James Hardesty | January 5, 2015 | January 4, 2016 | [87] |
86 | 45 | Ron Parraguirre | January 4, 2016 | January 2, 2017 | [88] |
87 | 48 | Michael Cherry | January 2, 2017 | January 1, 2018 | [89] |
88 | 46 | Michael L. Douglas | January 1, 2018 | January 7, 2019 | [90] |
89 | 43 | Mark Gibbons | January 7, 2019 | January 6, 2020 | [91] |
90 | 49 | Kristina Pickering | January 6, 2020 | January 4, 2021 | [92] |
91 | 44 | James Hardesty | January 4, 2021 | January 5, 2022 | [93] |
92 | 45 | Ron Parraguirre | January 5, 2022 | January 2, 2023 | [94] |
93 | 50 | Lidia S. Stiglich | January 2, 2023 | January 2, 2024 | [95] |
94 | 51 | Elissa F. Cadish | January 2, 2024 | present | [96] |
Following is a list of the Supreme Court of Nevada justices.
The Chief Justice rotates on the Supreme Court of Nevada, almost always to a judge who is in their final two years of their term. Following the expansions of the court in 1967 and 1999, judges began to split what had traditionally been a two-year term between two or three justices, allowing each justice the opportunity to be Chief Justice during their six-year term. For many chief justices, the date of dates of tenure are drawn from the dates of court terms in the Nevada Judicial History Database.
Order (sequential) | Order (by first tenure) | Chief Justice | Began | Ended | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
— (territorial) | George Turner | March 27, 1861 | August 22, 1864 | [42] | |
1 | 1 | James F. Lewis | November 8, 1864 | January 7, 1867 | [42] |
2 | 2 | H. O. Beatty | January 7, 1867 | November 9, 1868 | [43] |
3 | 1 | James F. Lewis | November 9, 1868 | January 6, 1873 | [42] |
4 | 3 | Bernard C. Whitman | January 6, 1873 | January 4, 1875 | [42] [44] |
5 | 4 | Thomas P. Hawley | January 4, 1875 | January 6, 1879 | [42] [44] |
6 | 5 | William H. Beatty | January 6, 1879 | January 3, 1881 | [42] [44] |
7 | 6 | Orville R. Leonard | January 3, 1881 | January 1, 1883 | [42] [44] |
8 | 4 | Thomas P. Hawley | January 1, 1883 | January 5, 1885 | [45] [44] |
9 | 7 | Charles H. Belknap | January 5, 1885 | January 3, 1887 | [46] [44] |
10 | 6 | Orville R. Leonard | January 3, 1887 | January 7, 1889 | [47] [44] |
11 | 4 | Thomas P. Hawley | January 7, 1889 | September 27, 1890 | [48] [44] |
12 | 8 | Rensselaer R. Bigelow | December 2, 1890 | January 5, 1891 | [49] [44] |
13 | 7 | Charles H. Belknap | January 5, 1891 | January 2, 1893 | [50] [44] |
14 | 9 | Michael A. Murphy | January 2, 1893 | January 7, 1895 | [51] [44] |
15 | 8 | Rensselaer R. Bigelow | January 7, 1895 | January 4, 1897 | [52] [44] |
16 | 7 | Charles H. Belknap | January 4, 1897 | January 2, 1899 | [53] [44] |
17 | 10 | McKaskia Stearns Bonnifield | January 2, 1899 | January 7, 1901 | [54] [44] |
18 | 11 | William A. Massey | January 7, 1901 | September 1, 1902 | [55] [44] |
19 | 12 | Thomas V. Julien | September 15, 1902 | January 5, 1903 | [56] [44] |
20 | 7 | Charles H. Belknap | January 5, 1903 | January 2, 1905 | [57] [44] |
21 | 13 | Adolphus L. Fitzgerald | January 2, 1905 | January 7, 1907 | [58] [44] |
22 | 14 | George Frederick Talbot | January 7, 1907 | January 4, 1909 | [59] [44] |
23 | 15 | Frank H. Norcross | January 4, 1909 | January 2, 1911 | [60] [44] |
24 | 16 | James G. Sweeney | January 2, 1911 | January 6, 1913 | [61] [44] |
25 | 14 | George F. Talbot | January 6, 1913 | January 4, 1915 | [62] [44] |
26 | 15 | Frank H. Norcross | January 4, 1915 | January 1, 1917 | [63] [44] |
27 | 17 | Patrick McCarran | January 1, 1917 | January 6, 1919 | [64] [44] |
28 | 18 | Benjamin W. Coleman | January 6, 1919 | January 3, 1921 | [65] [44] |
29 | 19 | John A. Sanders | January 3, 1921 | January 2, 1923 | [66] [44] |
30 | 20 | Edward A. Ducker | January 2, 1923 | January 5, 1925 | [67] [44] |
31 | 18 | Benjamin W. Coleman | January 5, 1925 | January 3, 1927 | [68] [44] |
32 | 19 | John A. Sanders | January 3, 1927 | January 4, 1929 | [69] [44] |
33 | 20 | Edward A. Ducker | January 4, 1929 | January 5, 1931 | [70] [44] |
34 | 18 | Benjamin W. Coleman | January 5, 1931 | January 2, 1933 | [71] [44] |
35 | 19 | John A. Sanders | January 2, 1933 | January 7, 1935 | [72] [44] |
36 | 20 | Edward A. Ducker | January 7, 1935 | January 4, 1937 | [73] [44] |
37 | 18 | Benjamin W. Coleman | January 4, 1937 | January 2, 1939 | [74] [44] |
38 | 21 | E. J. L. Taber | January 2, 1939 | January 6, 1941 | [75] [44] |
39 | 20 | Edward A. Ducker | January 6, 1941 | January 4, 1943 | [76] [44] |
40 | 22 | William Edwin Orr | January 4, 1943 | January 1, 1945 | [77] [44] |
41 | 21 | E. J. L. Taber | January 1, 1945 | January 6, 1947 | [78] [44] |
42 | 23 | Edgar Eather | January 6, 1947 | January 1, 1949 | [79] [44] |
43 | 24 | Charles Lee Horsey | January 1, 1949 | January 2, 1951 | [80] |
44 | 25 | Milton B. Badt | January 2, 1951 | January 6, 1953 | [80] [44] |
45 | 23 | Edgar Eather | January 6, 1953 | January 4, 1955 | [80] |
46 | 26 | Charles M. Merrill | January 4, 1955 | January 8, 1957 | [80] |
47 | 25 | Milton B. Badt | January 8, 1957 | October 1, 1959 | [80] |
48 | 26 | Charles M. Merrill | October 1, 1959 | October 1, 1959 | [81] |
49 | 27 | Frank McNamee | January 5, 1960 | January 3, 1961 | [80] |
50 | 25 | Milton B. Badt | January 3, 1961 | January 5, 1965 | [80] |
51 | 27 | Frank McNamee | January 5, 1965 | February 17, 1965 | [80] |
52 | 28 | Gordon R. Thompson | February 17, 1965 | January 7, 1969 | [80] |
53 | 29 | Jon R. Collins | January 7, 1969 | January 5, 1971 | [80] |
54 | 30 | David Zenoff | January 5, 1971 | January 2, 1973 | [80] [44] |
55 | 28 | Gordon R. Thompson | January 2, 1973 | January 7, 1975 | [80] |
56 | 31 | Elmer M. Gunderson | January 7, 1975 | January 4, 1977 | [80] |
57 | 32 | Cameron McV. Batjer | January 4, 1977 | January 4, 1979 | [80] |
58 | 33 | John C. Mowbray | January 4, 1979 | January 3, 1981 | [80] |
59 | 31 | Elmer M. Gunderson | January 3, 1981 | January 1, 1983 | [80] |
60 | 34 | Noel E. Manoukian | January 1, 1983 | January 7, 1985 | [80] |
61 | 35 | Charles E. Springer | January 7, 1985 | January 6, 1986 | [80] |
62 | 33 | John C. Mowbray | January 6, 1986 | January 5, 1987 | [80] |
63 | 31 | Elmer M. Gunderson | January 5, 1987 | January 2, 1989 | [80] |
64 | 36 | C. Clifton Young | January 2, 1989 | January 7, 1991 | [80] |
65 | 33 | John C. Mowbray | January 7, 1991 | January 4, 1993 | [80] |
66 | 37 | Robert E. Rose | January 4, 1993 | January 3, 1995 | [80] |
67 | 38 | Thomas L. Steffen | January 3, 1995 | January 6, 1997 | [80] |
68 | 39 | Miriam Shearing | January 6, 1997 | January 5, 1998 | [80] [44] |
69 | 35 | Charles E. Springer | January 5, 1998 | January 1, 1999 | [80] |
70 | 37 | Robert E. Rose | January 1, 1999 | January 2, 2001 | [80] |
71 | 40 | A. William Maupin | January 2, 2001 | January 6, 2003 | [80] |
72 | 41 | Deborah Agosti | January 6, 2003 | January 5, 2004 | [80] |
73 | 39 | Miriam Shearing | January 5, 2004 | January 1, 2005 | [80] [44] |
74 | 42 | Nancy A. Becker | January 1, 2005 | January 1, 2006 | [80] |
75 | 37 | Robert E. Rose | January 1, 2006 | January 2, 2007 | [80] |
76 | 40 | A. William Maupin | January 2, 2007 | January 7, 2008 | [80] |
77 | 43 | Mark Gibbons | January 7, 2008 | January 2, 2009 | [80] |
78 | 44 | James Hardesty | January 2, 2009 | January 4, 2010 | [80] |
79 | 45 | Ron Parraguirre | January 4, 2010 | January 3, 2011 | [82] |
80 | 46 | Michael L. Douglas | January 3, 2011 | September 5, 2011 | [83] [44] |
81 | 47 | Nancy Saitta | September 5, 2011 | May 7, 2012 | [84] |
82 | 48 | Michael Cherry | May 7, 2012 | January 7, 2013 | [84] |
83 | 49 | Kristina Pickering | January 7, 2013 | January 6, 2014 | [85] |
84 | 43 | Mark Gibbons | January 6, 2014 | January 5, 2015 | [86] |
85 | 44 | James Hardesty | January 5, 2015 | January 4, 2016 | [87] |
86 | 45 | Ron Parraguirre | January 4, 2016 | January 2, 2017 | [88] |
87 | 48 | Michael Cherry | January 2, 2017 | January 1, 2018 | [89] |
88 | 46 | Michael L. Douglas | January 1, 2018 | January 7, 2019 | [90] |
89 | 43 | Mark Gibbons | January 7, 2019 | January 6, 2020 | [91] |
90 | 49 | Kristina Pickering | January 6, 2020 | January 4, 2021 | [92] |
91 | 44 | James Hardesty | January 4, 2021 | January 5, 2022 | [93] |
92 | 45 | Ron Parraguirre | January 5, 2022 | January 2, 2023 | [94] |
93 | 50 | Lidia S. Stiglich | January 2, 2023 | January 2, 2024 | [95] |
94 | 51 | Elissa F. Cadish | January 2, 2024 | present | [96] |