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DAVID A. HARDY, District Court Judge
Prior to
his appointment to the
bench in 2005, Judge
David A. Hardy was an
elder and disability law
attorney with the Law
Firm of Hardy &
Woodman. Judge Hardy
graduated from Brigham
Young University, magna
cum laude, and with
honors from Brigham
Young University Law
School where he served
as managing editor of
the BYU Law Review.
Judge Hardy clerked for
the Nevada Supreme Court
before entering private
practice, and returned
to the Nevada Supreme
Court as a principal
staff attorney between
1996 and 1999. Judge
Hardy’s judicial and
legal experience
includes the following:
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Served on numerous
commissions and
boards, such as the
Supreme Court Article
6 Commission, Nevada
Judicial Code
Commission, Judicial
Performance Evaluation
Subcommittee, Washoe
County Law Library
Board of Trustees,
Executive Council,
Family Law Section
(Nevada State Bar),
Executive Council,
Elder Law Section
(Nevada State Bar),
CLE Publications
Planning Committee
(Nevada State Bar),
CASA Advisory Board,
Board of Directors,
Special Advocates for
Elders (SAFE), and
Community Advisory
Board for the
University of Nevada,
Reno, Sanford Center
for Aging.
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Authored several
articles, including
Nevada Alimony: An
Important Policy in
Need of a Coherent
Policy Purpose,
9 Nev. L. J. ___
(2009),
Who is Guarding the
Guardians? A
Localized Call for
Improved Guardianship
Systems and Monitoring,
4 NAELA Journal 1
(2008),
Nevada Unified Family
Court: Nevada Family
Court System is
Committed to Families,
Nevada Lawyer 14
(August, 2008),
Media Access to Nevada
Judicial Proceedings,
Washoe County Writ 8
(January, 2008),
Nevada Registry of
Advance Directives for
Health Care,
Washoe County Writ 10
(June, 2008),
Conversion From
Chapter 13 to Chapter
7 of the Bankruptcy
Code: What Constitutes
Property of the
Post-Conversion
Estate? 1992 B.Y.U.
L. Rev. 1105, numerous
professional education
materials, and more
than 25 essays on
judicial ethics
published in the
Washoe County Writ.
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Certified as an elder
law attorney by the
National Elder Law
Foundation (approved
by the Nevada State
Bar and American Bar
Association’s Standing
Committee on
Specialization).
Provided substantial
pro bono services for
the Washoe County
Senior Law Project,
Washoe County Public
Guardian, and Sierra
Regional Center.
Received the 2002 Pro
Bono Award from the
Washoe County Senior
Law Project and his
law firm was named
2002 Pro Bono Law Firm
of the Year by the
Washoe County Access
to Justice Foundation.
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Appointed by the Reno
City Council to the
Northwest Neighborhood
Advisory Board
(1994-2000) and Reno
Board of Adjustments
(2000-2005). |
Judge
Hardy was appointed to
the Standing Committee
by the Nevada Supreme
Court in October, 2008
and reappointed in
January 2011.
His term expires in
January 2013.
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Last Updated:
06/24/11 01:05:50 PM
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