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Kris Pickering
Justice, Nevada Supreme Court · Seat B
Background: After graduation, Pickering clerked for U.S. District Judge Bruce R. Thompson. Before her election to the Nevada Supreme Court, Pickering was a private attorney.
At a glance
- Court
- Nevada Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Seat B
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Elected (first elected 2008)
- Appointed by
- Not applicable (elected)
- Appointment date
- Not applicable (elected)
- Took office
- 2009
- Current term ends
- January 3, 2027
- Next election or retention vote
- November 3, 2026 (general election)
- Last election
- June 9, 2026
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Mild Republican (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: Yale University, 1974
- Law: University of California, Davis School of Law, 1977
- Prior offices
- Not listed
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Nonpartisan electionVoters elect the justices; no party label appears on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on Kris Pickering’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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