A race for Las Vegas justice of the peace and could become one of the most expensive judicial races the valley has ever seen, and two of the leading candidates are digging into their campaign coffers for what’s turning into a heated contest.
David Ferrara
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David Ferrara covers courts and legal affairs. He joined the newspaper in 2014 after more than six years reporting in the Deep South, where he wrote extensively about the BP oil spill. Prior to that, he worked for newspapers, magazines and a wire service in Chicago. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
Testimony concluded Friday in a civil trial over a fall at a David Copperfield trial, but jurors likely will not start weighing evidence for about two weeks.
A Las Vegas judge should not have denied the prison system’s planned use of a paralytic drug to execute a death row inmate, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
A Las Vegas man authorities said idolized the Route 91 Harvest festival mass shooter pleaded guilty but mentally ill to a bomb-threat charge Thursday.
Jurors hearing a slip-and-fall case against magician David Copperfield and MGM Grand will not visit the resort during the trial, a Las Vegas judge decided Tuesday.
As a prisoner awaits a decision on his death wish, the Nevada Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments on whether the state’s Department of Corrections should proceed with an untested method of lethal injection.
A Las Vegas lawyer has been cleared of wrongdoing in a $300 million market manipulation scheme after a five-week trial in New York.
A judge overseeing the trial involving an injury during a David Copperfield performance has ruled that jurors should be taken to MGM Grand to view the property where a British tourist fell more than four years ago.
Magician David Copperfield could have himself cut in half and come out unscathed. But he told jurors Thursday during a trial over a slip and fall at one of his shows that injuries make him queasy.
A man who helped rob a Las Vegas pawn shop while wearing a “Friday the 13th”-style hockey mask was sentenced Wednesday to 78 months in federal prison.
An exciting birthday celebration in Las Vegas turned dreadful for a British tourist who fell during a David Copperfield performance on the Strip, the man told jurors Tuesday.
A British man who said he suffered a traumatic brain injury after he fell during a David Copperfield performance was called to a Las Vegas witness stand Monday.
A veteran Boulder City police officer, already facing charges of stealing from his disabled son, was ordered held without bail Monday after authorities said he threatened to shoot judges and lawyers.
Deon Derrico, the father of Las Vegas quintuplets, was acquitted this weekend of various real estate fraud charges.
Magician David Copperfield is scheduled to return to a Las Vegas courtroom this week for the continuation of his testimony in a civil trial, which centers on a slip and fall that occurred during one of his shows.