MEET THE INCUMBENT - Bonnie Bulla
Nevada Court of Appeals, Department 3 Judge Bonnie Bulla was appointed to the Nevada Court of
Appeals in early 2019, becoming only the fourth person to serve on the Court since its creation in 2014. Judge Bulla previously served as Discovery Commissioner for the Eighth Judicial District Court—a position she held for 12 years before being appointed to the Court of Appeals. This November, Judge Bonnie Bulla is running to retain her seat in Department 3 of the Court of Appeals, and complete the balance of her current term. She is endorsed in this state-wide election by more than 40 law enforcement, labor, firefighter, and community organizations. Bonnie graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1984 from Arizona State University with a B.S. degree in Economics, and earned a J.D. from Arizona State University College of Law in 1987. She moved to Las Vegas from the Phoenix area after graduating from law school, took and passed the Nevada Bar, and began a 19-year legal career in private practice, primarily handling cases involving professional negligence. Among her honors and achievements garnered over the course of her 33-year legal career, Judge Bulla has earned an “AV Preeminent” rating from Martindale-Hubbell; served as president of both the Howard D. McKibben Chapter of the American Inns of Court, and the Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys; and currently sits on the Board of the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and
Jurists—Nevada. Early in her career, Judge Bulla was elected to the offices of Clerk and Speaker of the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division. More recently she was a member of the Nevada Supreme Court Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure Committee, which in 2018 completed a major revision of the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure. In 2018, she received the Clark County Law Foundation’s Liberty Bell Award, which honors distinguished members of the community who uphold the rule of law, contribute to good government within the community, stimulate a sense of civic responsibility, and encourage respect for the law in the courts. Bonnie and her husband enjoy golfing and skiing with their friends, and appreciate how fortunate they are to live in Nevada where they can participate in these and other outdoor sports for so much of the year. She is an avid reader of science-fiction, and has already published the first two in a planned seven-book series of teen-oriented fantasy/ adventure books she is writing. You can find out more about Nevada Court of Appeals Judge Bonnie Bulla at judgebonniebulla.com, and on her Facebook page – Retain Judge Bonnie Bulla, Nevada Court of Appeals.
