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Judicial Activism and the Nevada Judiciary: A National Perspectiveyoutu.be Mark Behrens, co-chair of the Washington, DC-based Public Policy Group of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., will discuss Nevada’s poor ranking in a recent U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform survey of the fairness of state legal climates. He will also discuss the comments on Nevada courts included in the American Tort Reform Foundation’s annual Judicial Hellholes report, along with a recent point of light from the Nevada Supreme Court. Mr. Behrens will discuss Nevada’s efforts for judicial reform together with strategies Nevada lawyers may use to promote a fair and restrained judiciary. Assemblyman Erv Nelson is a partner at the Las Vegas firm of Cram Valdez Brigman & Nelson and Vice-Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Nevada State Assembly. In his role as a legislator, he was deeply involved in efforts to enact Judicial Reform legislation in Nevada. Mr. Nelson will discuss Nevada’s efforts to affect Judicial Reform, including legislation that may be proposed in the future. The Las Vegas Lawyers Chapter hosted this event on January 28, 2016. Speakers: --Mr. Mark Behrens, Co-chair, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. --Hon. Erven T. Nelson, Nevada Assemblyman --Introduction: Mr. Matthew Saltzman, Shareholder, Kolesar & Leatham