BERNARD B. ZADROWSKI, Attorney at Law

Bernard B. Zadrowski is a Chief Deputy D.A. in the criminal division of the Clark County District Attorney’s Office. Since 2005, he has been chief prosecutor and supervisor of the Check Fraud Division.

Mr. Zadrowski was raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado. From 1984 to 1985, he was appointed to and briefly attended the United States Air Force Academy, going on to graduate from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1988 with a B.S. in Business Administration. While at the University of Colorado, Mr. Zadrowski was treasurer of his social fraternity, Delta Tau Delta, and a member of the Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity.

Armed with a business degree and an appetite to conquer Wall Street, Bernie moved to New York, New York where he studied theater at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He graduated in 1991, earning a spot with the AADA Acting Company. During the next few years, Bernie lived and worked in the Big Apple. Turning his attention towards the law in 1994, Bernie left New York City and began his legal studies at the University of Denver College of Law. While there, Bernie represented his class as Senator in the Student Bar Association, and was an active member of the Hispanic Law Students Association. He graduated in 1997 in the top 11% of his class. On the day after graduation Bernie loaded up his truck and trailer, and headed west to Las Vegas to begin his career as a prosecutor.

Since making Las Vegas his home, Mr. Zadrowski has been very active in the legal community. He was appointed to the Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board in 2001, and currently serves as Vice Chairman of that board. In 2002, he was appointed by the State Bar as an ad hoc member to the Judicial Selection Commission. Additionally, Bernie was elected and served as President of the Latino Bar Association of Southern Nevada, and Vice President of the Clark County Prosecutor’s Association.

Bernie is an active member of the Las Vegas South Sunset Rotary Club. He enjoys his part-time job as an adjunct professor of criminal law at the College of Southern Nevada, where he has been educating students for the last ten years in the areas of Nevada criminal law, juvenile law, and criminal procedure. He and his wife Shannan have two children. He was appointed by the State Bar to the Standing Committee on Judicial Ethics and Election Practices in January, 2007; reappointed in 2009 and 2011. His term expires in December 2012.