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Scalia v. State Bar of Nev., Corp.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Jul 25, 2017
No. 72109 (Nev. Jul. 25, 2017)

Opinion

No. 72109

07-25-2017

JOSEPH A. SCALIA, II, ESQ., Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF NEVADA, A PUBLIC CORPORATION; JASON DWORIN, BAR COUNSEL; ROBERT SCHUMACHER, ESQ., PANEL CHAIR; AND SOUTHERN NEVADA DISCIPLINARY BOARD, Respondents.

cc: Chair, Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board Joseph A. Scalia, II C. Stanley Hunterton, Bar Counsel, State Bar of Nevada Kimberly K. Farmer, Executive Director, State Bar of Nevada Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP


ORDER DENYING PETITION

This is an original petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition challenging a disciplinary hearing panel chair's order denying petitioner's motion to set aside a default in an attorney discipline matter.

We are not persuaded that our extraordinary intervention is warranted. Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004); Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 107 Nev. 674, 677, 818 P.2d 849, 851 (1991). SCR 105(3) provides for our automatic review of hearing panel decisions recommending certain types of discipline, and makes an appeal available for all other types. Accordingly, if the hearing leads to discipline being imposed against him, petitioner has a plain, speedy, and adequate legal remedy in the form of such automatic review of or appeal from that discipline. See NRS 34.170; NRS 34.330; Pan, 120 Nev. at 224, 88 P.3d at 841. Because petitioner has otherwise failed to demonstrate that our discretionary and extraordinary intervention is warranted, see NRS 34.160; NRS 34.320, we

ORDER the petition DENIED.

/s/_________, C.J.

Cherry /s/_________, J.
Douglas /s/_________, J.
Pickering /s/_________, J.
Parraguirre /s/_________, J.
Gibbons /s/_________, J.
Hardesty /s/_________, J.
Stiglich cc: Chair, Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board

Joseph A. Scalia, II

C. Stanley Hunterton, Bar Counsel, State Bar of Nevada

Kimberly K. Farmer, Executive Director, State Bar of Nevada

Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP


Summaries of

Scalia v. State Bar of Nev., Corp.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Jul 25, 2017
No. 72109 (Nev. Jul. 25, 2017)
Case details for

Scalia v. State Bar of Nev., Corp.

Case Details

Full title:JOSEPH A. SCALIA, II, ESQ., Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF NEVADA, A…

Court:SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

Date published: Jul 25, 2017

Citations

No. 72109 (Nev. Jul. 25, 2017)