How do judges of the Supreme Court of Nevada reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.

Supreme Court of Nevada / Joined 2019 / Active

Elissa F. Cadish

Justice, Supreme Court of Nevada

Elissa F. Cadish is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada, serving since 2019. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2019 · 7 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2019	Supreme Court of Nevada	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Cadish authored 2 published opinions for the court (2019–2026). Most cited: Daisy Trust v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (124 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 2 of these were attributed to Cadish by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2019	Daisy Trust v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.†	445 P.3d 846	124
2026	Garcia (Byron) v. State†	142 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 42	0

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Supreme Court of Nevada reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court is Elissa F. Cadish on?: Elissa F. Cadish is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada.

Sources

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7 years on the Supreme Court of Nevada. Data as of 2026-07-02. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).