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Harter, Matt

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legal Harter, Mathew Paul
Eighth Judicial District Court
Dept.: N (Family Division)
District Court Judge
Error Rate: 44.23%

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  • Elected District Court Judge to Dept. N (Family Division) of the Eighth Judicial District Court on Jan 5, 2009.
  • Served to completion on Jan 5, 2015.
  • Elected District Court Judge to Dept. N (Family Division) of the Eighth Judicial District Court on Jan 5, 2015.
  • Served to completion on Jan 4, 2021.
  • Elected District Court Judge to Dept. N (Family Division) of the Eighth Judicial District Court on Jan 4, 2021.
  • Resigned on Nov 9, 2022.
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Mr. Harter was a solo attorney practicing primarily in Family Law (over 9,000 Family Court cases, including court-appointed in NRS 432B abuse/neglect cases), as well as the areas of personal injury and criminal law (including court-appointed counsel for indigent juveniles and adults). The practice included appearing in federal, state (including appellate cases), county, almost every city/township’s court in Clark County and various administrative hearings (e.g., Worker’s Compensation). A proud native Nevadan, he was born in Reno, and resided in Las Vegas since pre-kindergarten. He only left Clark County for higher education purposes. He attended Brigham Young University his freshman year for general studies. The University of Nevada Las Vegas did not have a law school at the time. He was employed by Smith's Management Corp. (Smith's Food King) from 1986-90 until he left for law school in Michigan. He was a member of UFCW, Local 711. The highest position attained was as swing-shift manager of Store #359. He is married with 8 children, 1 grandchild (and 2 on the way). His personal interests include family time, church, cross-training, baseball and four-wheeling. As to community involvement, he was a judge of UNLV Moot Court Finals; Coach of Little League Baseball; Boy Scouts of America leader; Cub Scouts leader; Coach of both girl’s and boys basketball for Clark County Parks & Recreation; Judge of high school Moot Court Finals; Career Day speaker.

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