Forsberg, Rhonda Kay

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Informed, fair and efficient resolutions to allow families to begin to heal.This candidate has not submitted a statement.

In April 2019, Rhonda Forsberg was honored to be selected by the Governor of Nevada to serve as Judge of Family Court, Department G. She was selected from a field of 11 attorneys that went through the Judicial Selection Commission process. Since taking the bench she has worked hard to ensure that all litigants are respected and have the opportunity to have their positions heard. Prior to being appointed as Judge of Department G, she served as a pro tem judge for domestic violence/TPO and family discovery court. She has also served on several committees to improve the family court system; the Bench/Bar Committee, the Court Technology Committee, the Settlement Master’s Program, a judge for the Truancy Diversion Program, and was appointed as the chairperson for the Outsource Provider List Committee. She is the youngest of five children, and the first of her family to attend college. She was a non-traditional student. She obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Utah in 1995, while working fulltime and raising a family. She was grateful that UNLV’s law school offered a night program that allowed her to complete her law degree while working full time. She completed her law degree from UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law in 2005. Her legal career began with working for Radford J. Smith, Chartered. She opened her own law firm in 2008. She handled all types of family cases including divorce, custody, child support, adoptions, guardianship, TPO’s, juvenile delinquency and juvenile dependency. During college she found time to volunteer with Salt Lake Rape Recovery Center assisting victims of sexual assault. In addition, she has served on the Board of Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, has devoted many hours of pro bono work assisting children in abuse and neglect cases, and the Ask A Lawyer program as well as other cases assigned by Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada. The majority of family cases in Nevada are filed in proper person by parties who cannot afford counsel. Understanding that the majority of cases that would appear before her would be parties representing themselves, she accepted an appointment as court appointed counsel in juvenile dependency court, representing low income parents. Serving low income parties has broadened her knowledge and empathy which has been an asset as a judicial official. She is raising two daughters and the grandmother to two amazing grandsons.

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