Walker, Matthew

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Las Vegas Municipal Court

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Municipal Court Judge

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Matt Walker has spent summers in Las Vegas since elementary school. He earned his law degree from the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law in 2007 and then moved to Las Vegas permanently. His parents were both career public servants. He joined the Las Vegas City Attorney’s Office in 2008 as a criminal prosecutor and worked there for 16 years, prosecuting thousands of cases, trying cases, and becoming a Senior Deputy City Attorney. In 2016 he created the Psychiatric Stabilization and Treatment program, which connects incarcerated defendants experiencing mental health crises to treatment under court oversight. He presides over the Veterans Treatment Court, which handles cases of military veterans with substance use and mental health issues.