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| Videos | 28 |
| Articles | 44 |
| Endorsements | 22 |
Maria Gall lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with her family. She is a mother to a little girl. She was raised primarily in and around Fort Knox, Kentucky, by her mother who immigrated from South Korea, and where her father and step-father were career U.S. Army. Her parents taught her the values of hard work, sacrifice, and integrity. Her mother worked as a hotel housekeeper and cashier checker, and after retiring from the Army, her step-father worked as a butcher. Maria Gall attended public school from grade school through high school. She graduated cum laude from the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law in 2006, where she served as production editor of the Kentucky Law Journal. In addition to her law degree, She holds a Master of Science from the London School of Economics & Political Science and a Bachelor of Music from Vanderbilt University, which she attended on a full merit scholarship. She is a trained concert pianist. Following law school, Maria Gall served as a federal law clerk to the Honorable Charles R. Simpson III, judge for the U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky. She began her practice in New York City, as a litigator with Cadwalader, Wickerhsam & Taft, the oldest, continuously run law firm in the United States. She left the practice of law for a short time to serve as a visiting assistant professor of law at the University of Kentucky, where she taught business associations (corporations), international human rights law, and professional responsibility. Upon returning to practice, she joined the law firm of Stoll Keenon Ogden and then Ballard Spahr in Las Vegas. Maria Gall became the first woman partner of Ballard Spahr’s Las Vegas office in 2019, where she practiced complex commercial litigation. She co-led Ballard Women, a business resource group for the firm’s 250+ women attorneys, and maintained an active pro bono practice, often partnering with the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada to handle challenging pro bono litigations and appeals. She also served on the steering committee for the firm’s Racial Equality and Diversity Initiative and is a Legal Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) fellow. Maria Gall is committed to fairness and integrity on the bench and advancing diversity in the legal profession. She welcomes observers in her courtroom, which is located in the Regional Justice Center, 5A, and believes in open and transparent courts.
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| Candidate | Results |
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| Gall, Maria A (NP) | 428913 (100.00%) |
| Candidate | Results |
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| Gall, Maria A (NP) | 359443 (62.79%) |
| Leavitt, James Dean (NP) | 213026 (37.21%) |
| Number | Disposition Type | Jurisdiction | Publication | Disposition Date |
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| 89421 | Reversed | Supreme Court | Authored | Aug 20, 2026 |
| 90233 | Affirmed | Court Of Appeals | Unpublished | Aug 20, 2026 |
| 90384 | Affirmed | Court Of Appeals | Unpublished | Jun 12, 2026 |
| 88474 | Affirmed In Part and Reversed In Part | Supreme Court | Unpublished | Apr 10, 2026 |
| 89466 | Affirmed | Court Of Appeals | Unpublished | Mar 5, 2026 |
| 89998 | Writ Petition Denied | Supreme Court | Authored | Jan 29, 2026 |
| 89262 | Affirmed | Court Of Appeals | Unpublished | Dec 18, 2025 |
| 87802 | Affirmed | Supreme Court | Authored | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Headline | Published | Publisher |
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| Gall Presiding As Verdict Awards Ousted Parler CEO $11M+ Including Punitive Damages | Oct 5, 2026 | Courtroom View Network |
| Gall Presiding As Attorneys Argue Ex-Parler CEO Was Bullied Out Of Company In Las Vegas Trial | Aug 31, 2026 | Las Vegas Review Journal |
| Gall Added Folding Table For Attorney Spillover In Case Involving Ex-Parler CEO’s Ouster | Aug 24, 2026 | Las Vegas Review Journal |
| Gall's Role In Business Court Pilot Program Mentioned As State Takes Step Toward Becoming Corporate Litigation Hub | Jun 26, 2026 | Nevada Current |
| Gall Gives Driver Minimum 7 Years For Crash That Killed Las Vegas 12-Year-Old Cristofer Suarez | Apr 6, 2026 | KTNV |
| Gall Presiding As Las Vegas Police Lt. Enters Plea Before Start Of Trial | Jan 20, 2026 | Las Vegas Review Journal |
| Judging The Judges: Maria Gall | Jan 1, 2026 | Las Vegas Review Journal |
| Gall Allows Use Of Late Nurse's Testimony As Las Vegas Police Lt.’s Trial Nears | Dec 28, 2025 | Las Vegas Review Journal |
| Headline | Expires |
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| Las Vegas Carpenters Local 1977 | Dec 31, 2026 |
| Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Local 88 | Dec 31, 2026 |


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