Councilman Steve Wolfson

Ward 2

Your elected representative on the Las Vegas City Council is Councilman Steve Wolfson. In a historic special election in June 2004, Steve Wolfson was elected to the Las Vegas City Council. He represents Ward 2, which encompasses the westernmost portions of the city, including parts of Summerlin, Peccole Ranch, Queensridge and The Lakes. On May 6, 2009 after running unopposed, he was sworn in for his second full term, which ends in June 2013.

Councilman Wolfson has many years of experience in the legal field. He has worked both in the private and public sectors, including positions with the Clark County District Attorney’s Office and the United States Attorney’s Office. He has also been active with the State Bar of Nevada by serving on the Board of Governors, the Judicial Ethics and Campaign Election Practices Committee, and other bar-related committees. Additionally, Wolfson was chairman of the State Bar of Nevada Ethics 2000 Committee, a blue ribbon committee established by the Nevada Supreme Court, to review and bring up-to-date all Supreme Court rules involving attorney conduct.

As a city councilman, Wolfson serves on city of Las Vegas Audit Oversight Committee, Metropolitan Police Committee on Fiscal Affairs, the Oversight Panel for School Facilities and the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository Committee. He is an alternate on the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition.

Wolfson is currently a member of the Latin and Asian Chambers of Commerce and a member of the Board of Directors for Nevada Child Seekers.

Councilman Wolfson was born in Los Angeles, California. He received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from San Diego State University and a Juris Doctorate from California Western School of Law.

Councilman Wolfson has been married more than 25 years to District Court Judge Jackie Glass. They have two daughters, Rachel and Rebecca.