Nancy Saitta
{{Short description|American lawyer and judge}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Nancy Saitta
|office2 = Associate Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court
|term_start2 = January 1, 2007
|term_end2 = August 12, 2016
|appointer2 =
|predecessor2 = Nancy A. Becker
|successor2 = Lidia S. Stiglich
|birth_date = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
|birth_place =
|death_date =
|death_place =
|education = Wayne State University (BS, JD)
}}
Nancy M. Saitta is an American attorney and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada from 2007 to 2016.
Early life and education
Saitta was born in Detroit. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Wayne State University and a Juris Doctor from the Wayne State University Law School.{{Cite web|title=Nancy Saitta's Biography|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/68958/nancy-saitta|access-date=2021-09-28|website=Vote Smart}}
Career
She began her judicial career in 1996, when she was appointed to a seat on Las Vegas Municipal Court.{{cite news |last=German |first=Jeff |date=2016-06-27 |title=Nevada Supreme Court Justice Nancy Saitta is stepping down |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/politics/government/nevada-supreme-court-justice-nancy-saitta-stepping-down |newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal |access-date=2016-12-11 }} Two years later, she was elected to the District Court bench. As district judge, she created the Complex Litigation Division.{{Cite web|title=Justice Nancy M. Saitta (Ret.) • ADVANCED RESOLUTION MANAGEMENT|url=https://armadr.com/nancy-saitta-ret/|access-date=2021-09-28|website=ADVANCED RESOLUTION MANAGEMENT|language=en-US}}
She was first elected to the Nevada Supreme Court in 2006 and was reelected in 2012. After serving 10 years on the Nevada Supreme Court, Saitta announced her retirement in an official letter to then-Governor Brian Sandoval, effective August 8, 2016. Justice Saitta regularly says that she had no greater honor as she served the people of Nevada.{{cite web|title=Justice Nancy M. Saitta Announces Retirement |url=http://nvcourts.gov/Supreme/News/Justice_Nancy_M__Saitta_Announces_Retirement/ |date=2016-06-27 |website=Nevada Judiciary| accessdate=2016-12-11}}
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Category:Wayne State University alumni
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Category:Chief justices of the Supreme Court of Nevada
Category:Women chief justices of state supreme courts in the United States
Category:21st-century American women judges
Category:21st-century American judges
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