Legislative Service
2019 SESSION COMMITTEES- Legislative Operations and Elections (Chair); Commerce and Labor; Judiciary
Nevada Senate, 2018-Present (first elected November 2018)
2017 SESSION COMMITTEES- Corrections, Parole, and Probation (Chair); Judiciary (Vice Chair); Commerce and Labor; Legislative Operations and Elections
2015 SESSION COMMITTEES- Commerce and Labor; Judiciary; Legislative Operations and Elections
2013 SESSION COMMITTEES- Legislative Operations and Elections (Chair); Judiciary (Vice Chair); Commerce and Labor
2011 SESSION COMMITTEES- Judiciary (Vice Chair); Commerce and Labor; Legislative Operations and Elections
2015-2016 INTERIM COMMITTEES- Legislative Committee on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice
2013-2014 INTERIM COMMITTEE- Legislative Committee on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice
2009-2010 INTERIM COMMITTEE- Legislative Commission (Alternate Member)
Nevada Assembly, 2007-2017 (first elected November 2006)-six regular and eight special sessions
Other Public Service
Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice Member, appointed 2018
Nevada Juvenile Justice Oversight Commission, Advisory Committee Member
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Commissioner, 2009-2010, 2017-2018
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Drafting Committee on Alternatives to Bail Act Member
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Past Member of Study Committee on Eyewitness Identification Act
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Past Member of Study Committee on a Model Veterans' Treatment Court Act
National Conference of State Legislatures, Past Member of Law and Criminal Justice Committee
Nevada Statewide AIDS Advisory Task Force, 2009-2010
Governor's Workforce Investment Board, Member, 2009-2010
Nevada Autism Task Force, 2007-2008
Law and Criminal Justice Standing Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, Appointee
Honors and Awards
Grant a Gift Autism Foundation, Autism Advocate Award,
Ralph J. Roske Award for Outstanding Work in Introductory History, UNLV Department of History
Clark County Bar Association Client Counseling Competition, William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV, Semifinalist
William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV, Dean's Honor List
William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV, Academic Merit Scholarship
American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association, Meritorious Public Service Award
Paradise Democratic Club of Clark County, Outstanding Grass-Roots Democrat of the Year Award
Other Achievements
Young Democrats of America National Convention, Delegate representing Nevada
Western Legislative Academy, The Council of State Governments-WEST, Graduate
Affiliations
Nevada State Bar
United States District Court for the District of Nevada
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
UNLV Alumni Association
Pi Mu Epsilon, National Mathematics Honor Society, UNLV Chapter, Founding Member
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local Union No. 631, Las Vegas, Nevada, Former Member
Paradise Democratic Club of Clark County
Delegate representing Nevada and the United States, World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association Bi-Annual Meeting
Education
Chaparral High School, Sunset High School, Las Vegas
College of Southern Nevada
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), B.A., Economics
William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV, J.D.
Personal
Occupation-
Clark County Public Defender, Juvenile Division
Spouse-
Riana Durrett
Children-
Two Sons
Born-
1972, Las Vegas, Nevada |