Bailey, Sunny

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Sunny Bailey was born in the State of Washington. During high school, she worked at her mother’s hair salon and the local McDonalds. She attended the University of Washington in Seattle. She waited tables at a sushi restaurant to help alleviate the costs of her education. Her second year of law school, she obtained an internship with the King County Prosecutor’s Office. A rule allowed a student attorney the opportunity to practice in the King County District Courts. The first judge she appeared before gave her advice she follows to this day - “be on time and prepared”. By the end of her internship, she completed over a dozen jury trials. At the conclusion of the summer, the City of Federal Way hired her as an intern for her third year of law school based solely on the Chief Deputy City Attorney’s observations of her performance. After graduation, she returned to King County as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney. During that time, King County rated in the top three Prosecutor’s Office in the Country based upon volume and trial experience. She spent every day either in trial or in. She later moved to the closer location of the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office. She left the office after the birth of her first child. However, she continued to work as a prosecutor for a firm that performed City Attorney functions to the smaller municipalities in the area. Unfortunately, her world changed when the doctors diagnosed her daughter with low functioning autism at age two. By age three, her daughter became so violent the doctors recommended she be placed outside of the home. She refused and learned of an amazing program out of UCLA that helped autistic children in Las Vegas. She applied and accepted employment as a law clerk with the Office of the Public Defender, as she was not yet a member of the Nevada State Bar. She became a member of the Nevada State Bar in 2004. In 2006, she and a co-worker, Jeff Jaeger, authored the Nevada Courtroom Handbook on Evidence, which was published by Westlaw (Thomas Reuters). The Handbook is considered a vital resource for litigation and is currently on its thirteen edition. The Applied Behavior Analysis program through the Lovaas Center changed their lives. Prior to the program, her daughter bit, kicked, put her head and feet through walls, and screamed for hours. She could not communicate verbally at all and engaged in repetitive behavior. She was fortunate enough to work for amazing organizations that allowed her the flexibility to practice law and take care of the needs of her daughter. After several years at the Office of the Public Defenders, Rawlings, Olson, Cannon, Gormley and Desrussieux (now known as Olson, Cannon, Gormley, Angulo & Stoberski) offered her the opportunity to expand her knowledge from criminal to civil litigation. Now, over 15 years later, her daughter has limited speech but is able to communicate her wants and needs via technology. She is no longer violent and thanks to the wonderful support of the autism community, she has been able to have an amazing legal career, and eventually went into practice for herself. While she enjoyed being in practice for herself, she jumped at the opportunity to become the Deputy Labor Commissioner. This experience culminated in her appointment as the Acting Labor Commissioner in June of 2014. As the Acting Labor Commissioner, she became responsible for a multi-million dollar budget, a staff of 18 employees and the day-to-day operations of the office. These experiences assisted her in her selection as a Hearing Master for the Eighth Judicial District Court, Family Court. Her selection to this position is especially important to her, as she was supported by her colleagues in the community and chosen by members of the judiciary. She currently serves as a Hearing Master for Juvenile Delinquency. Recently, she was able to utilize her experiences as the mother of an autistic child to assist other youths in the juvenile system. In April of 2018, Sunny created the Detention Alternative for Autistic Youth (D.A.A.Y. Court), a diversion court aimed to address the issues of youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder. D.A.A.Y. Court is the first program in the nation to address the issues of youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder. She was an invited presenter on D.A.A.Y. Court at the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Annual Conference in 2019. She resides in Las Vegas with her husband, two daughters and nineteen year old rescue dog.

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