Abbi Silver

Abbi Silver (born December 3, 1964) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada.

Silver received her Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1986 and her Juris Doctor from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, California.

After graduating law school, she workedas a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Earle White, Jr., Eighth Judicial District Court judge. She then joined the Clark County District Attorney’s Office and was ultimately assigned as the Chief Deputy District Attorney of the Special Victims Unit. During her almost 14 years at the District Attorney’s office, she tried more than one hundred jury trials.

Silver was elected to the Las Vegas Municipal Court in 2003, the Las Vegas Justice Court in 2006, and to the Eighth Judicial District Court in 2008, and again in 2014. She was appointed to the Nevada Court of Appeals by Governor Brian Sandoval on December 17, 2014, and was sworn in on January 5, 2015. On January 3, 2017 she became Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals.

Silver faced no challengers in the primary for the seat being vacated by Michael L. Douglas. She ran unopposed in the general election on November 8, 2018. She assumed office on January 7, 2019.