MEET THE CANDIDATE - Ozzie Fumo
Justice of the Supreme Court, Seat D Assemblyman Ozzie Fumo has been a practicing trial
One of the few members of the community to sit as a attorney in Las Vegas for over two decades. Uniquely Hearing Master on Metro’s Public Fact-Finding Police qualified to serve on the Supreme Court, Ozzie has Use of Force Board, Ozzie has also served as a Judicial spent his career fighting for the rights of Nevadans from Referee in Las Vegas Justice Court. He has received the all walks of life. prestigious State Bar of Nevada Pro Bono Advocate of the Year Award for helping the indigent; is AV Rated A first-generation American, Ozzie grew up in Las by Martindale Hubble (their highest rating); has been Vegas and was first elected to the State Legislature in named the 2019 Defender of the Year by the Nevada 2016. As an Assemblyman, Ozzie’s two sessions in Attorneys for Criminal Justice (NACJ); and was named Carson City have been marked by significant legislative the 2019 Consumer Advocate of the Year by the Nevada success. In 2017, he sponsored Harvey’s Law and the Trial Lawyers Association. He is also a member of Super law that makes our jury pools more representative. In Lawyers. 2019, he helped guide Brooklynn’s Law into legislation and eventually into law. Today, as he runs for our State Supreme Court, Ozzie is an adjunct professor at the UNLV Boyd School of Law. In private practice, he has stepped up to help seal the A husband, father, and grandfather, and he is proud to records of those who have paid their debt to society and call Las Vegas his home for over 40 years. simply want fresh start to their lives. He also has trial experience at the state, federal, and 9th Circuit level as well as trying death penalty cases.
