James William Hardesty (born November 28, 1948) served as an associate justice of the

Nevada Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Nevada is the highest state court of the U.S. state of Nevada, and the head of the Nevada Judiciary. The main constitutional function of the Supreme Court is to review appeals made directly from the decisions of the distric ...

. He was elected in 2004, and reelected in 2010 and 2016. He earned a

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degree from

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and a Juris Doctor from the

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. He defeated Cynthia Dianne Steel in the 2004 election 46.12% to 33.53%, and was unopposed in his 2010 re-election. He was sworn in as Chief Justice of the

on January 4, 2021.

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