Fourteen judges received retention scores of 90 percent or higher in the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s 2025 Judicial Performance Evaluation, meaning a significant majority of attorneys want them to stay on the bench.

Other judges showed improvement from the most recent prior survey, conducted in 2019.

UNLV’s Center for Research, Evaluation and Assessment handled this year’s poll for the Review-Journal. The survey allowed attorneys to provide anonymous feedback on judges about whether they should stay on the bench, as well as for the categories of administrative ability, legal ability and integrity.

Bradley Marianno, the center’s director, said that if a judge receives a retention score over 80 percent, it would be a signal that the judge performs at or above standard. A score over 90 perce

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