Lerner v. State Bar
Lerner v. State Bar
Opinion
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
GLEN J. LERNER, ESQ., No. 72919 Petitioner, vs. DAVID R. FISCHER, CHAIR FILED SOUTHERN NEVADA DISCIPLINARY FEB 0 9 2018 HEARING PANEL, EL FROWN Respondent, 9- BY and F DE CLEFG
THE STATE BAR OF NEVADA, Real Party in Interest.
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS This original petition for a writ of mandamus challenges the Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board Hearing Panel Chairman's decision to deny petitioner's motion to dismiss the disciplinary complaint filed against him. Having considered the petition, answer, and supporting documents, we are not persuaded that our extraordinary and discretionary 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, 679, 818 P.2d 849, 851, 853 (1991); cf. Int? Game Tech., Inc. v. Second Judicial Dist. Court, 124 Nev. 193, 197, 179 P.3d 556, 558 (2008) (acknowledging that this court will generally not grant petitions for extraordinary relief challenging the denial of a dismissal motion because the petitioner has an adequate and speedy legal remedy in the form of an appeal from the final judgment). As petitioner has an adequate legal
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(01 1947A a, remedy available through the automatic review process in which he may challenge any disciplinary recommendation by the panel before this court, SCR 105(3)(b); see, e.g., Pan, 120 Nev. at 224, 88 P.3d at 841, we ORDER the petition DENIED. 1
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cc: Glen J. Lerner & Associates Campbell & Williams Christiansen Law Offices State Bar of Nevada/Las Vegas
1 The Honorable Kristina Pickering, Justice, voluntarily recused herself from participation in the decision of this matter. SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA 2 (0) 1947A
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