Mark Gibbons (born December 12, 1950) is a former justice of the

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. He was elected to the Nevada Supreme Court in 2002. Gibbons attended the

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and earned his bachelor's degree in 1972. He attended law school at Loyola University School of Law in

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and graduated in 1975. He served as chief justice of the

in 2008, 2014 and 2019. Before being elected to the Nevada Supreme Court he served on the Clark County District Court as presiding judge in 1998 and Chief Judge in 2001. Gibbons earned a

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degree from the

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, and received his

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from

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. Gibbons is the brother of judge Michael P. Gibbons, currently serving on the

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. The Commission on Judicial Ethics ruled that Justice Gibbons could preside over appeals heard by his brother.Nevada Supreme Justice Mark Gibbons can preside over appeals heard by brother
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