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Gerald Hardcastle 
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| Gerald Hardcastle | ||
| Family Court Judge; responsible for all dependency cases | ||
| Person | Key: hardcastle - Created: 3/8/07 - Last Modified: Jul 15, 2007 | |
| Dependency | ||
Bar record not found at
nvbar.org | ||
| Utah (but not Mormon) | ||
| Elected to the bench in 1992 | ||
One of → Family Court Judges Resident judge → Courtroom 11  Supervises → Frank Sullivan  Supervises → David Gibson Sr. Presides over most → Termination of Parental Rights  trials | ||
Relationships: (not listed above) |
Bergeron (judge→Gerald Hardcastle)CASA Program (appointed by and reports to→Gerald Hardcastle)Elizabeth Halverson (ran unsuccessfully against in 2004→Gerald Hardcastle)Janne Hanrahan (former law clerk of→Gerald Hardcastle)Kathy Hardcastle (formerly married to→Gerald Hardcastle)Amy Mastin (former law clerk for→Gerald Hardcastle)Jennifer Meiselman Titus (former law clerk for→Gerald Hardcastle)Jessica Murphy (former law clerk for→Gerald Hardcastle)New York Times  (has reported on→Gerald Hardcastle) | |
| "Gerald Hardcastle" |
"Gerald Hardcastle"+"Las Vegas" | ||
| Review-Journal
R-J Info |
Las Vegas Sun | ||
| Link: | Las Vegas Juvenile Judge Finds Test Case at Home — New York Times, June 1, 2004 |
| Link: | Trends evident in removal of judges — As a divorce judge in the 1990s, Hardcastle lead the way in the number of peremptory challenges — Review-Journal, Dec 12, 1999 |
| Link: | Judge plays Solomon with Beanie Babies: Couple ordered to split collection in courtroom — In 1999, Hardcastle ordered a couple to split up their Beanie Baby collection in the courtroom. — Las Vegas Sun, Nov 05, 1999 |
Summary of Review-Journal/Nevada Bar poll...
Comment: "Hardcastle is mean and grumpy, but he treats everyone the same. His rulings tend to be harsh, but once again he applies it equally and free from bias. His curt manner keeps the calendar moving."
Judge Hardcastle used to be married to Kathy Hardcastle,
a District Court judge in the criminal/civil division.
Hardcastle and problems with his daughter were profiled
in a front page article in the New York Times on June 1, 2004:
"Las Vegas Juvenile Judge Finds Test Case at Home".
It just shows you that (a) judges are human;
(b) judges have family problems like the rest of us,
and (c) judges can be naive in dealing with the press.
(Earth to judges: Never let a New York Times reporter
into your home!)
On 8/30/05, Hardcastle resigned his position handling juvenile abuse/neglect
cases (article) but changed
his mind the next day (article).
(The incident had to do with the
internal politics of the courthouse.
The matter has been resolved.)
| Comments from the Webmaster |
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Our Judge Hardcastle is not related
to the Judge Hardcastle in the 1980s TV series,
Hardcastle and McCormick.
On the show, a retired
judge and an ex-con join forces to solve crimes and
engage in a lot of car chases. Our Judge Hardcastle
rarely gets involved in car chases, but the name still comes in
handy at election time. Most voters are familiar with the
presidential candidates and may have a dim understanding of
the Senate and Governor's races, but when they get all the
way down the ballot to County Assessor, University Regent
and Family Court Judge, they choose their candidates the
American way: by the sound of each name and the mental
associations it evokes. When they come to "Hardcastle," they
think: "Hmmm, that name sounds familier. Sounds tough, but
fair. He's not afraid to take the law into his own hands,
and he's certainly not soft on bad guys. I think I'll vote
for him."
As memories of the TV show fade, Hardcastle is vulnerable only to certain feminine names. After all, this is Family Court, and don't feminine names know more about families than masculine ones? However, you wouldn't want a light, airy feminine name, like "Heather" or "Joy", because that wouldn't be tough enough; you would want a longer name with substance. A feminine name nearly trounced Hardcastle in the last election (Elizabeth Halverson, actually a fat lady on a scooter), but the tough guy image won out once again. |
From the Official Court Biographies:
In 1993, Judge Hardcastle led a committee which established Children Cope with Divorce, a mandatory educational program for divorcing parents. During 1994-1996, and 1998, Judge Hardcastle served as the Juvenile Court Judge for Clark County. While Juvenile Court Judge he formed the nation’s first Juvenile Delinquency Drug Court, and formed the Foster Care Review Board for judicial, administrative, and public review of children in foster care. He has received the U.S Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner’s Award for Leadership and Neglect Prevention (1996), CASA Foundation Child Advocate of the Year Award (1996), County Coalition of Victims Rights Gary Collie Award (1999) and Nevada Youth Care Providers Humanitarian of the Year Award (2000). Judge Hardcastle has also published the following articles: Hardcastle, Gerald W., et al., Keeping the Promises: Permanency Planning in Nevada, 11 Court Manager 8 (Spring, 1996); and Hardcastle, Gerald W., Joint Custody: A Family Court Judge’s Perspective, 32 Family Law Qtrly. 201 (1998).
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