Douglas Herndon

Herndon earned a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University in 1986 and a J.D. from the Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1990. Before being appointed to the Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court, he worked in the Clark County district attorney’s office, including nine years as chief deputy district attorney of the special victims unit. Herndon served on the Eighth Judicial District Court from 2005 to 2021. He was the chief judge of the criminal division from 2010 to 2017 and the chief judge of the homicide case team from 2017 to 2020.[2][4]

Herndon has volunteered with the rape crisis center in Clark County and been a member of the Clark County Child Death Review Team, Child Protection Team, Domestic Fatality Review Team, Sexual Abuse Investigation Team, and the State Domestic Violence Task Force.[4]

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