Judge Halverson Has Sung
A tipster dubbed yesterday “the day legal comedy died.” From the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
While the Judicial Discipline Commission weighs the fate of embattled District Judge Elizabeth Halverson, voters delivered their own verdict Tuesday, deciding Halverson must go.Halverson, who faces complaints of falling asleep on the bench and harassing her staff, received less than 10 percent of the vote, trailing opponents Stefany Miley and Jason Landess, who will move to the general election in November.
Alas, it appears that the ATL endorsement was not enough to save her candidacy.
A woman who declined to give her name as she walked out of Ruth Fyfe Elementary School said she and her husband specifically showed up at the polls to voice their displeasure with Halverson. The couple called her “goofy.”“I voted against her because of the recent happenings, her health issues … everything,” the woman said.
Voter Barbara Lloyd said she too wanted to be sure Halverson wasn’t re-elected.
“I want her out of office,” Lloyd said. “I haven’t been impressed with her at all.”
Really? Despite her Harvard Law Review-quality work?
Halverson’s run for office appeared to be bleak before she faced the discipline commission. According to her campaign contribution reports, she had $5,200 in her election coffers thanks to a loan from herself.
La Halverson, taking a page from the Hillary playbook. But five grand is nothing compared to $25 million.
Halverson ousted; Miley top vote-getter [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
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Possibly first?!
Fatty McFirst!
stick a fork in her
first (today) to say enough? lat please this is crazy already!
At least she can devote herself full time to eating...no more judge work to get in the way of eating, so that's a positive.
We can NEVER get enough of Halverson jokes. Bring them on!
"While the Judicial Discipline Commission weighs the fate". gotta love the choice of words here
Taking bets...
Over/under = 9 months:
Proposition:
The exterior wall of the master bedroom of Halverson's house will be torn down by a bulldozer and she will be hauled away to the hospital via forklift since emergency crews will not be able to otherwise squeeze her out of the home.
She's a slovenly wreck of a human being. Good riddance.
She's a slovenly wreck of a human being. Good riddance.
@7, "weighs the fate" indeed - a mark of a great editor like Lat is that instead of explicitly making every joke himself, he tees up a few good softballs like that for people to knock over the fence in the comments.
Grim news for Solo and the Wookiee, I fear.
11 - whats your point?
also this is from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and not lat.
7 for eic of atl
i'm going to miss hearing about her. the comments were always hysterical.
The 10,000 votes that Halverson received will make a decent client base when she returns to private practice--after she BK's out of the $40K CA judgment and the $100,000 she now owes her various attorneys.
Bring me Solo and the Wookie! They will all suffer for this outrage!
Can you say "gastric bypass" ?
What must really stick in Halverson's craw is the fact that the top vote getter was thin, pretty, 37 year old Stepany Miley, who graduated from Cal. Western SOL.
http://electjudgemiley.com/index.html (Turn sound down.)
The candidate who received 30% of the vote (to Her Fatnesses 10%) is a degenerate gambler who once lost $2 million at a single sitting at the black Jack table, then bankrupted out of the debt.
http://www.lvrj.com/news/19245844.html
Ouch!
I have to admit, this post's title was delightful.
did halverson lose weight? homegirl be looking good
halverson is the offspring of joba the hut and stephen hawking
Judge Halverson doesn't eat any more than the common person of normal weight. Her condition is simply a genetic abnormality in which a daily diet of 1,500 calories is somehow transformed into 10,000 through a mysterious metabolic process that defies the laws of physics.
Dear 20:
What do you think:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7_VME45R1Ak/SKJafSJdW7I/AAAAAAAABvw/GN2iBEj200I/s1600-h/JUDGE+HALVERSON+GOING+DOWN+IN+FLAMES,+EARLY+ELECTION+RETURNS+SHOW.jpg
PS to 21: That's Jabba the Hut, or Judge Jabba to you.
http://bp0.blogger.com/_7_VME45R1Ak/R5JJ4ZQv_nI/AAAAAAAABCA/JfaDPWFqAKQ/s1600-h/judge+halverson+seeks+reelection+500+pound+vegas+judge.gif
That picture just reinforces my theory that people who can't walk for the simple reason they eat too much shouldn't be allowed to use handicap parking spots, wheel chairs, motorized scooters, etc. GET UP AND BURN SOME CALORIES
Well. . . the only thing left to do is roll her up in flour and aim it for the. . .
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!!!
27th, bitches!
Jabba the Judge works best.
And, btw, isn't she a diabetic? That at least explains some of her weight gain. But not to these huge (pro) portions.
fatty.
18, please don't let me picture any of Halverson's craws. I have no doubt she has many of them.
28: She is likely diabetic beause of her weight, not the other way around.
ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT RESTAURANTS IN VEGAS
By Elizabeth Halverson, ALT Contributor
From HUGE buffets to ENDLESS sushi rolls, feast WITHOUT BOUNDARIES at these Las Vegas restaurants offering all-you-can-shove-down options for the BIG AND BEAUTIFUL (I guarantee you will have to be wheeled out-heh heh.):
BELLAGIO BUFFET
3600 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV
This “mother of all buffets” offers a “queen-size” variety of cuisines for pig-hungry palates. 5 PIGLETS!
LE VILLAGE BUFFET AT PARIS LAS VEGAS
3665 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV
Rich cream sauces and decadent desserts abound in endless quantities at this all-you-can-eat haven modeled after a quaint French pig farm. Where I put on most of the last 200 pounds.
SAMBA STEAKHOUSE AT THE MIRAGE
3400 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV
Stuff your belly with never-ending plates of meat at this Brazilian-style barbecue restaurant. I did.
RIO CARNIVAL WORLD BUFFET
3700 W Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas, NV
This gigantic international spread could qualify as the mother of all buffets, if they did not evict me after 20 servings! Just kidding!
COMMANDER'S PALACE
3663 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV
This New Orleans-style restaurant has a weekend jazz brunch that features bottomless portions of Cajun favorites. Great place to eat crow, after losing lawsuits against, inter alia, the Nevada Supreme Court, The Clark County District Court, the Commission on Judicial Discipline, and your former law clerk.
SUSHI ON RAINBOW
6870 Spring Mountain Rd Ste 6, Las Vegas, NV
Three words: NEVER. ENDING. SUSHI. Hits my g-spot when I have a major Jones on for raw fish!!!!!
What happened the last time Judge Halverson wore her Malcom X tshirt?
Helicopters tried to land.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20080813-0937-nv-suspendedjudge.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
9:37 a.m. August 13, 2008
LAS VEGAS – A disciplinary hearing resumes Thursday for a suspended Nevada state judge who lost a bid for re-election when she placed third in Tuesday's primary.
Clark County District Court Judge Elizabeth Halverson still faces allegations that could get her banned from ever serving as a judge in Nevada again.
Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline official said Wednesday the election results have no effect on hearings about whether Halverson mishandled trials, mistreated staff and fell asleep on the bench.
Her hearings began last week. She blames vindictive colleagues and disgruntled employees for the complaints.
My favorite part was when Leonardo DiCaprio ran up to the front of Judge Halverson and shouted "I'm king of the world!!"
From Judge Miley's website:
Currently, Judge Miley is the District Court Judge, Family Division, Department F. After winning a contested primary and general election, Judge Miley was elected to this seat in November 2004 and took the bench in January 2005. The same year as taking the bench, Judge Miley presided over the Court's first transcontinental trial, allowing a bed confined litigant access to the Courthouse through a two way video link using court cameras and the internet.
Judge Halverson will now enter private practice at the firm of Shook, Hardy, and BACONNNN!!
Winner winner chicken dinner. Winner winner chicken dinner.
Aug. 13, 2008
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
Halverson federal court hearing delayed, but disciplinary hearing will resume Thursday
District Judge Elizabeth Halverson's federal court hearing that was scheduled for Thursday morning is being postponed. The parties agreed to postpone the federal hearing until September.
Halverson has asked a U.S. District judge to grant her a preliminary injunction barring her disciplinary hearing from going forward because she said her due process rights were being violated.
She could always get a new job as her own Continent.
39: Or we can launch her into space and she can serve as a second moon. Although weekly space shuttle loads of food to her might break NASA's budget.
34, that was the worst fat joke i've ever heard.
judge halverson is so fat, when she sits around the courthouse, she sits aroooooound the courthouse
Dear 39:
too much paperwork
According to a commenter over at Wild Wild Law, Halverson has already been offered a counsel position at a Vegas PI firm.
http://wildwildlaw.blogspot.com/2008/08/clark-county-voters-defeat-heavyweight.html
...finally! now that this is all over, i have more time with my wife!
-Chewbacca
What am I going to do for my weekly Halverson fix? Elizabeth, don't go.....
I somehow doubt that Stephany Miley--as photogenic as she may be--will provide the kind of wall-to-wall entertainment that Elizabeth Halverson managed to consistently deliver and that we have come to expect from the Clark County (Las Vegas) district court.
Judge Halverson to ATL-EIC!
Judge Halverson has donated her Rascal scooter to the Auto Museum at the Imperial Palace Hotel, where it will be enshrined.
http://www.autocollections.com/
Interesting factum: Judge Halverson’s judicial robe contains over 12,000 miles of Super Strength® rayon thread, and took 45 Malaysian sweetshop workers 4 months to make.
In all fairness, I heard the only time she got verbally abusive at her staff was when she had a debilitating headache and couldn't find any mayonnaise to put on her aspirin...
In all fairness, I heard the only time she got verbally abusive at her staff was when she had a debilitating headache and couldn't find any mayonnaise to put on her aspirin...
40 - good idea, but Liza the Fattie would probably sue NASA and exhaust their litigation budget before they could ever manage to find a cannon big enough to shoot her out of
Damn, she lost the election. Now where am I going to get my free entertainment in Vegas?
Damn, she lost the election. Now where am I going to get my free entertainment in Vegas?
Wow, Judge Miley is beautiful! I'll bet that just p*sses Judge Halverson off no end.
Judge Halverson is just so... perfectly round. I've never seen anything like it.
That old heifer is one humongus girl. Her husband must have shade by day...and, warmth by night.