Michael Douglas elected Nevada district court judge

Jet, Dec 23, 1996

Judge Michael Douglas recently was elected a district courtjudge for the state of Nevada.

The 48-year-old judge, who earlier was appointed by Nevada Gov. Bob Miller to complete the term of Judge A.D. Guy, won the election to retain his seat at the eighth judicial district court in Las Vegas, NV, for the next six-year term. Douglas is one of only two Black judges in Nevada.

Prior to his appointment as district court judge, he was deputy district attorney for Clark County in Nevada.

He is a graduate of California State University at Long Beach, the University of California Hastings College of the Law and the University of Reno, Nevada, National Judicial College.

Douglas is a member of the Las Vegas chapter of the National Bar Association; the Nevada Bar Association; Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the NAACP.

Judge Douglas and his wife, Martha, have been married for 18 years, and he is the father of one daughter, Christine.