Hazlett-Stevens, Christopher

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Chris Hazlett-Stevens grew up in Glassell Park, CA in the East Los Angeles area. He went on to pursue a career in music, successfully earning income as a classically trained freelance musician in Los Angeles while attending the University of Southern California. He completed his undergraduate work in Criminal Justice and Spanish at Penn State in 1997 and returned to the Los Angelos area to begin his professional career. He attended law school to pursue his legal career in the public sector. Chris and his wife, Holly, moved to Reno in 2002 so Holly could continue her academic career as a new professor at UNR, where she has remained ever since. While applying for law school, He investigated employment discrimination as a bilingual Compliance Investigator with the Nevada Equal Rights Commission. He then attended the McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, where he graduated in 2006. After passing the Nevada Bar, Chris began his legal career at a small law firm practicing family law, estate planning, and general civil litigation. He quickly found a position in public service at the Nevada Attorney General’s Office. He became a Criminal Prosecutor for the City of Reno. While at the City Attorney’s Office, Chris served as the original prosecutor for Veterans Treatment Court, CAMO-RNO, assisting veterans regain their dignity by focusing on the underlying mental health conditions that brought them to the criminal justice system. In January of 2021, Chris was appointed to the bench by the Reno City Council. He quickly re-launched the Reno Municipal Community Court to provide vital services to Reno’s unsheltered population.

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