![]() ![]() The first Supreme Court had quarters in rented space on the second floor of Abraham Curry's former Great Basin Hotel, which was shared with other state offices and county government. The first woman justice, Justice Miriam Shearing, was elected to the court in 1992, after having served as a district court judge in Clark County. Merrill to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Thomas Hawley and Frank Norcross later became federal district court judges, and President Eisenhower appointed Charles M. Massey as Senators, and Cliff Young as a Congressman. Three justices have represented Nevada in Congress: Patrick McCarran and William A. Neely Johnson had been governor of California before coming to Nevada. Beatty was a member of the first Court elected, served as one of the first district court judges in the state and went on to serve many years as the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court. ![]() Nevada can count many illustrious men and women among its justices. Parraguirre, Justice Douglas Herndon, Associate Chief Justice James W. Stiglich, Justice Abbi Silver (Retired), Justice Kristina Pickering, Chief Justice Ron D. ![]()
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