Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Judicial Intrigue: Better than TV


Nevada’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Nancy Saitta abruptly announced that she is retiring in August. Here is why, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal

Saitta was friends with a Vegas lawyer, Nancy Quon, whose law firm specialized in suing builders for construction defects. Quon was under investigation for rigging homeowner association elections across Vegas in order to get their business, and increase her leverage in suing these builders. The FBI looked into this. 

Allegedly, Chief Justice Saitta caught wind of the sting operation and tipped off her friend. Quon killed herself a short time later. To date more than 40 people have pled guilty to fraud and corruption charges.

Saitta is implicated another way. Before her election to the highest court, she presided over construction defect cases while she was a Clark County District Court judge.

Nancy Saitta has been a statewide leader for legal issues that affect children. 

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