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Practice Emphasis Litigation Professional Experience Noel Waters is Of Counsel with the Litigation Department at Lionel Sawyer & Collins. Mr. Waters previously served as Carson City District Attorney. He was first appointed district attorney in 1985 and was subsequently elected to the position five times, making him the longest-serving district attorney in Carson City history. In September 2006 Nevada Attorney General George Chanos presented Mr. Waters with the William J. Raggio Award, which is given annually to a current or former prosecutor who has contributed significantly to the improvement of the administration of justice in Nevada. As district attorney, Mr. Waters oversaw an office of more than 25 employees with an annual budget of $2.3 million. In addition to supervising the office, he managed an active caseload of his own, trying approximately 60 jury cases to verdict and well over 1,000 misdemeanor bench trials. In his final months on the job he was the lead prosecutor on three murder trials and a complex child abuse case. As well as overseeing all criminal litigation in the county, Mr. Waters supervised three civil attorneys who advised the Carson City Board in all matters pertaining to the operation and governance of the county. Mr. Waters spent six months as a law clerk and bailiff for The Honorable Michael R. Griffin in the First Judicial District Court of Nevada. He then joined the Carson City District Attorney's office as a deputy district attorney in 1982. Prior to law school, he was in the United States Air Force and held jobs with the Bureau of Land Management, the Nevada Highway Patrol, and the Nevada Legislature, among other positions. Professional and Civic Affiliations Member, Steering Committee, Law Enforcement Committee, and Law & Policy Committee for Partnership Carson City (a citywide coalition to combat addictive drug use) Member, First Judicial District Bar Association, 1985-2006 Member, Public Lawyers section of State Bar of Nevada, 1991-2006 Member 1984-2006, Past President and Past Vice President, Nevada District Attorney's Association Member, National District Attorney's Association, 1986-2006 Member, Nevada Prosecutors Advisory Council, 1997-2003 Member, Nevada Criminal Justice Information Systems Advisory Board, 1986-2006 Member, State of Nevada Committee on Domestic Violence, 1998-2006 Member, Carson City Truancy Advisory Board, 1997-2002 Member, Multidisciplinary Child Death Review Team for Carson City, 1998-2003 Member, Board of Trustees of Community Counseling Center, Carson City, 2005-2006 Accolades November 2006: Awarded Distinguished Service Award, 1998-2006, State of Nevada Committee on Domestic Violence September 2006: William J. Raggio Award, the annual Prosecutor of the Year Award by the Nevada District Attorney's Association and Nevada Council of Prosecuting Attorneys July 2003: Outstanding Service Award from Nevada Council of Prosecuting Attorneys 1977: Outstanding Service Citation from Alaska Director, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, for work as seasonal firefighter/logistics specialist during 1977 fire season 1968 "Top Gun" Award, USAF Aircraft Control & Warning School, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi Education University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D., 1981 Scholastic Stipend for law studies from Nevada Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education , 1977-1981 Top written brief award for moot court competition, 2nd year (1979-1980) Co-recipient, AmJur award in Admiralty Law National Honor Society University of Nevada-Reno, B.A. Journalism, minor Political Science, 1978 Outstanding Journalism Department Student Award, 1976 Editor, University Times National Honor Society University of Utah, September - December 1971 National Honor Society Oregon State University, January - June 1970 National Honor Society Bar/Court Admissions State Bar of Nevada Admitted to practice in all courts in Nevada U.S. District Court, District of Nevada U.S. Supreme Court. |
