• Mike Mills Responds To The Las Vegas Review Journal

    The Vote Mike Mills Campaign just responded to the Las Vegas Review Journal’s candidate questionnaire. See here a copy of Mike’s answers.   It is interesting to note that several of the RJ’s questions focus on lawyer contributions to judicial campaigns.  The RJ asks the candidates how they will respond if a contributor appears in… [Continue Reading]

    Mike Mills Responds To The Las Vegas Review Journal

  • Who Will Make The Best Judge?

    In the past, the candidate who collected the most campaign contributions undertook the most aggressive media campaign.  Those who collected lots of lawyer-donated money could put up the most campaign signs, send out the greatest number of mailers and even buy radio ads.  But the question is whether the lawyer-supported candidate, the one with the… [Continue Reading]

    Who Will Make The Best Judge?

  • Endorsements

    The Vote Mike Mills Campaign is not financed by attorney contributions. Instead, it is supported by social media activities and endorsements. Read endorsements from Las Vegas Attorneys, teachers, and other professionals.

    Endorsements

  • Justice For Sale?

    In his recent New Yorker opinion HERE, author Jeffrey Toobin concludes that judicial candidates should never take campaign contributions from PACs. In fact, Toobin argues that judicial elections should be completely done away with and all judges should be appointed.

    Justice For Sale?

  • Las Vegas Attorney Al Marquis Calls On All Nevada Judges To Follow The Lead Of Mike Mills

    The Vote Mike Mills campaign went into full swing this week.  Mike emailed the members of the Clark County Bar.   The headline of the email told the lawyers “Don’t Send Me Any Campaign Contributions”.  (If you want to read the entire email, click HERE.) The response by the attorneys to that email has been overwhelmingly…

    Las Vegas Attorney Al Marquis Calls On All Nevada Judges To Follow The Lead Of Mike Mills

Elect Michael C. Mills, Judge in Department Four

Eighth Judicial District Court

Clark County, Nevada

Why Mike Mills

Mike Mills Shuns Lawyer’s Campaign Contributions

Judges should avoid activities that cause people to question the independence of their rulings.  Like any elected official, Nevada judges are free to solicit campaign contributions from anyone they choose... Continue Reading

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Meet Mike Mills

Mike’s law practice focuses primarily in the area of civil litigation and appeals, with particular experience in matters involving defense, insurance coverage, transportation, premises liability, products liability and personal injury defense …Continue Reading

Nevada Is Different

In Nevada we elect our judges. Voters need information about the judicial candidates. However, the news spends little time on judicial races. Interested voters hear very little about the courts and the judges.

How can a voter choose the best judicial candidate? This blog is dedicated to judicial elections, selecting judicial candidates and other relevant judicial election topics.

Mike Mills Responds to “Who’s Qualified to Vote for Judges?”

My response to an opinion piece by Patrick Coolican, “Who’s Qualified to Vote for Judges?”, appearing in the Las Vegas Sun on October 28th. Mr. Coolican: According to my research, Nevada voters or lawmakers rejected proposals to change from judicial elections to judicial selection by merit in 1972, 1988, 1995 and 2010.   In other words, the change that you [...]

A Leader Shouldn’t Ask Followers To Do Anything He/She Isn’t Willing To Do Himself

My Vote Mike Mills banner is six feet high.  It draws a lot of attention when I am out waving to the voters who are driving by on the local streets. Today when I was out, I waved at a passenger in a work truck loaded with tools and equipment.  Having read my banner, the [...]

What Is A Judge Pro Tempore?

Mike Mills is a Judge Pro Tempore in the Eighth Judicial District Court’s Short Trial Program.  He has been a “pro tem” judge for over a decade.  Like lots of legalese pro tempore is a Latin phrase.  Literally translated, it means “for the time being”.  Many people are familiar with the use of that Latin [...]

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