Brian Eckhouse

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Jurors, don’t expect any shut-eye in these courts: Friday, May 2, 2008; If you’re selected to be a juror, then are immediately told you’re an alternate, isn’t it likely you will be prone to tuning out, maybe even dozing off?
Vegas bagels just don't compare: Wednesday, April 30, 2008; Last year, 2,621 New Yorkers moved to Nevada. Clearly, they didn’t come for bagels.
Justice court still like a ‘ghost town’ after lunch: Friday, April 25, 2008; In the bustling county courthouse where the wait for an elevator can last 20 minutes, the public hallways and courtrooms on the seventh and eighth floors remain eerily quiet in the afternoons, often empty. Those floors are home to eight of the 10 Las Vegas justices of the peace.
What next? $3 million pipe fix latest courthouse woe: Emergency funding likely to be tapped for repair job that will tear up street; Thursday, April 24, 2008; The Regional Justice Center, arguably the county’s biggest boondoggle, is expected to cost taxpayers an additional $3 million-plus for emergency repairs.
Broken boilers are Justice Center’s latest malady: As arbitration continues over who pays, elevators keep breaking down; Saturday, April 19, 2008; Arbitration is under way between the county and the original contractor over which side owes the other tens of millions of dollars for a 2 1/2-year-old courthouse with mounting problems above and beyond the structural flaws that have beguiled county employees from Day One.
Lawyers may get millions more for courthouse fight: Tuesday, April 15, 2008; Is it time to consider whether the Regional Justice Center is permanently flawed? The elevators still break down regularly, and the source of a nauseating stink on the lower level remains a mystery — among other lingering problems at the courthouse.
His job is to get your debt: Don’t pay your casino marker and you could be prosecuted for a crime; Friday, April 11, 2008; The gambler in the fraying pink jacket has no emotion left. It has spilled from her, heavy black makeup smeared into the deep-set lines of her 40-something face.
It’s nearing midnight on a Wednesday, and the West Texan’s $100 blackjack chips are dwindling and her purse, which had been clenched under her arm, has run dry. She casually motions with her right hand to a Bellagio casino host for a marker, a note that looks like a small check that denotes a loan. Perhaps the walk to the ATM is too far, or her bank account is empty.
The host confers with a computer in the center of about a half-dozen tables, then walks by with a $3,000 marker that she signs quickly. She doesn’t read the fine print — which says a failure to return the money is a criminal offense.
Construction lawsuits clog judges’ calendars: Meanwhile, the source of stench at Justice Center remains unknown; Friday, April 4, 2008; At first glance the relationship seems to make sense: an explosion of new homes in the Las Vegas Valley since 2000 prompts a rise in the number of construction defects suits filed today.
Workers who can’t stand the smell in justice center get union’s attention: They say stench makes them sick, and supervisors aren’t taking them seriously enough; Monday, March 31, 2008; Sure, the idea of work may sicken some. But what if work actually made you sick and forced you to stay home to recover?
Legal eagles don't fly far from the nest: UNLV’s William S. Boyd Law School marks 10th anniversary; Wednesday, March 26, 2008; As it celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, Nevada’s only law school has earned its share of praise.
A youngster in the legal world, it nevertheless made U.S. News and World Report’s best law schools list with a tie for 100th place.