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# Kristina Pickering

Nevada Supreme Court · Justice

## Profile

- Court: Nevada Supreme Court
- State: Nevada
- Role: Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Nevada Supreme Court, 2008-present
- She held the role of Chief Justice in 2013 and again in 2020–2021
- Associate Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court, elected in 2008, and has served twice as Chief Justice (2013 and 2020)
- Began her legal career as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge Bruce R. Thompson in Reno

### Education

- University of California, Davis School of Law — J.D. (1977)
- Yale University — B.A. (1974)
- Georgetown University

### Additional information

- She became the fifth woman to serve on the court when sworn in on January 5, 2009
- She then practiced complex civil litigation at the trial and appellate levels before her 2008 election to the Nevada Supreme Court.
- Practitioner, 2007-2007
- prof, 2007-2007
- Date of birth: 1952-01-01
- Birth place: San Francisco
- Law review, University of California, Davis
- Order of the Coif

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### recording photography electronic devices

Scope: statewide

Nevada prohibits using cameras, cellular phones, or other electronic devices to photograph or record courtroom proceedings unless the judge expressly permits it.

Evidence excerpt: the use of cameras, cellular phones or other electronic devices to photograph or record courtroom proceedings without the express permission of the judge is prohibited

[Nevada Rules on Electronic Coverage of Court Proceedings](https://nvcourts.gov/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/11729/rules_on_electronic_coverage_of_court_proceedings.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### advance media request

Scope: statewide

Nevada news reporters seeking electronic courtroom coverage must file a written request with the judge at least 24 hours before the proceeding, subject to judicial discretion.

Evidence excerpt: News reporters desiring permission to provide electronic coverage of a proceeding in the courtroom shall file a written request with the judge at least 24 hours before the proceeding commences

[Nevada Rules on Electronic Coverage of Court Proceedings](https://nvcourts.gov/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/11729/rules_on_electronic_coverage_of_court_proceedings.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://nvcourts.gov/supreme/court_information/the_supreme_court_of_nevada_justices)
- [Official roster](https://nvcourts.gov/supreme/court_information/the_supreme_court_of_nevada_justices)
- [Nevada Supreme Court current judicial profile](https://nvcourts.gov/supreme/court_information/the_supreme_court_of_nevada_justices)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5055/kristina-pickering/)
- [Nevada Rules on Electronic Coverage of Court Proceedings](https://nvcourts.gov/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/11729/rules_on_electronic_coverage_of_court_proceedings.pdf)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5055/kristina-pickering/)
- [Justice Kristina Pickering | Nevada Appellate Courts](https://nvcourts.gov/supreme/court_information/justices/pickering,_kristina)
- [Wikidata: Kristina Pickering](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6438269)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Nevada Rules on Electronic Coverage of Court Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-092c2dd72fc20b2d8f928b3b) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://nvcourts.gov/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/11729/rules_on_electronic_coverage_of_court_proceedings.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.