Department M
Amy Mastin
Office – (702) 671-3553
Fax – (702) 671-3556
Law Clerk – (702) 671-3552
Email – deptmlc@clarkcountycourts.us
Location – FAMILY Courtroom 05
Family Court House
601 North Pecos RD, Las Vegas, NV. 89155
Amy M. Mastin was elected to the Eighth Judicial District Court, Department M, in November 2020. Her election was the culmination of a legal career devoted to Clark County families. Amy adopted Las Vegas as her home in 1996, moving here from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida immediately after graduating law school. Amy earned her undergraduate degree at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida and can still be found rooting for the Seminoles every football Saturday. She subsequently earned her juris doctorate at Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law in Ft. Lauderdale, graduating with honors despite being a single mother to an infant daughter when she started school.
After transplanting herself and her daughter from Florida to Las Vegas, Amy was hired to clerk for the Honorable Gerald W. Hardcastle (retired). After two years under his mentorship, Amy entered private practice, focusing her efforts on family law-related cases: divorce, custody, guardianships, adoptions. Amy also served as a Deputy District Attorney, prosecuting juvenile dependency cases (civil child abuse and neglect) and served as a pro tem Hearing Master, learning to adjudicate those difficult cases, as well.
Eventually, Amy’s experience in these fields and as a pro tem Hearing Master earned her an appointment as a full-time Domestic Violence Hearing Master, presiding over more than half of the County’s 8,000-10,000 civil domestic violence cases each year. During her seven years as a Hearing Master, Amy also presided over, minor guardianships and discovery matters and child support establishment and enforcement matters.
Amy’s civic work has included volunteering for the National Battered Women’s Clemency Project and contributing to Nova Southeastern’s award-winning, civil-law clinic, representing the interests of HIV-positive clients and clients whose rights were impacted while they were wards of the Florida foster care system.
Amy is honored to have the privilege of serving as your District Court Judge in Department M.
Courtroom Protocol
No weapons are allowed. There is no eating, drinking, smoking or chewing gum in any courtroom.
Proper courtroom attire is required. No shorts or tank tops are allowed in the courtroom, shoes are required. T-shirts, which show offensive slogans or pictures, are not allowed. Hats should be removed before entering the courtroom.
While in the courtroom, sit quietly when court is in session. Do not talk or whisper. The court proceedings are being recorded by a court recorder and noise can interfere with the preparation of this important record.
All beepers, cellular telephones, and electronic devices must be turned off before entering the courtroom. Avoid reading newspapers, or books in the courtrooms, particularly if your use of such material may be a distraction to others.
Attorneys are expected to maintain the highest ethical standards at all times, and to strictly adhere to the opportunities, requirements, limitations, and deadlines set by the judge. All counsel are to be punctual for all conferences, hearings and trials. They are to be civil to one another as well as to all parties, witnesses, and court personnel – whether in front of a jury or the court.