ANN ZIMMERMAN,
Justice of the Peace
Judge
Zimmerman served from
March 1997 through
November 2000 as a
Deputy Attorney General
in the Nevada Office of
the Attorney General.
She was responsible for
prosecution of insurance
fraud and theft-related
crimes. From April 1994
to March 1997, Judge
Zimmerman owned a
private practice law
firm practicing
primarily in the areas
of criminal defense,
family law, and personal
injury.
Judge
Zimmerman practiced law
with the firm of Murdock
& Palazzo from May 1993
through April 1994,
primarily in the areas
of criminal defense,
family law, civil
litigation and personal
injury. From July 1991
to May 1993, she worked
in the Law Offices of
Ian Christopherson
practicing primarily in
the areas of criminal
defense, family law and
civil litigation. From
March 1990 through June
1991, she was an
Assistant Prosecuting
Attorney with the Office
of the Jackson County
Prosecutor in Kansas
City, Missouri. She was
responsible for
prosecution of family
support and paternity
cases.
Judge
Zimmerman is admitted to
practice in the
following jurisdictions:
State of Missouri,
admitted in 1989; State
of Kansas, admitted in
1990; State of Nevada,
admitted in 1991; United
States District Court
for the Western District
of Missouri, admitted in
1989; United States
District Court for the
State of Kansas,
admitted in 1990; United
States District Court
for the State of Nevada,
admitted in 1991; Ninth
Circuit Court of
Appeals, admitted in
1999.
Judge
Zimmerman’s educational
background: 1989 Juris
Doctor University of
Missouri-Kansas City;
1986 Bachelor of Arts,
Political Science
University of Missouri,
Columbia.
Judge
Zimmerman’s community
service associations:
Shade Tree Shelter,
Board of Trustees,
1993-2001; State Bar of
Nevada Fee Dispute
Committee, Arbitrator
and Mediator, 1996-2000.
Judge
Zimmerman’s professional
organizations:
Current: Member,
Nevada Bar Association;
Member, Clark County Bar
Association; Member,
Nevada Judges
Association; Member,
American Judges
Association; Member,
National Association of
Women Judges; Past:
Vice-Chair, State Bar of
Nevada Young Lawyers
Section; Member, Nevada
Trial Lawyers
Association.
Judge
Zimmerman was appointed
to the Standing
Committee by the Nevada
Supreme Court in
February 2007, 2009 and
2011. Her term
expires in January 2013.
