Judge Betsy Kolkoski

Department 2

Judge Betsy Kolkoski was appointed to Las Vegas Municipal Court, Department 2 during the July 5, 2000 meeting of the Las Vegas City Council. In April of 2001, she was elected to a four-year term and was re-elected in 2005.

Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Kolkoski served as an elder rights attorney for the Nevada Division of Aging Services for seven years. She was first appointed by then-Governor Bob Miller and reappointed by Governor Kenny Guinn. During her tenure, Judge Kolkoski was responsible for elder rights issues including guardianship, elder abuse and legal services development. She provided legal counsel to seniors, technical assistance and training to law enforcement and assistance to wards in contested guardianships.

Judge Kolkoski previously served as a hearing officer for the Nevada Taxicab Authority and the Nevada and Colorado departments of education, as well as practiced law in the private sector for nearly 20 years.

She earned a Juris Doctor degree in 1971 from the University of Cincinnati College of Law and a bachelor of arts in economics from Waterloo Lutheran University in Ontario, Canada in 1968. Judge Kolkoski and her husband Richard have been married for nearly 29 years and have two children.