District Court Judge, Eighth Judicial District, Family Division, Dept. S

• Current title:
  • Attorney, Leavitt Family Law Group
• Practice areas in current position
  • Family law
    • Divorce:
      • Represents clients in dissolution of marriage proceedings, including property division, spousal support and debt allocation under Nevada's community property framework
    • Custody:
      • Handles contested and uncontested child custody matters, including legal custody (decision-making authority) and physical custody (residential arrangements), as well as custody modifications and enforcement
    • Child welfare:
      • Has represented clients in matters involving the Department of Family Services and child protective proceedings, in addition to private custody disputes
• Prior job titles (reverse chronological)
  • Leavitt Family Law Group, attorney (November 2025 to present)
  • Webster & Associates, attorney (March 2023 to November 2025)
  • Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, attorney (January 2019 to January 2023)
  • Bonanza Legal Group, attorney (November 2017 to January 2019)
  • Jimmerson Law Firm, attorney (June 2016 to June 2017)
  • Brewer Blau Law Group, partner (January 2009 to June 2016)

• Born in Salt Lake City, raised in Las Vegas
• Bachelor's degree in political science, UNLV (1996)
• Law degree, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego (2000); served as student body vice president
• Has practiced family law in Clark County for about two decades
• Served in multiple quasi-judicial family court roles (settlement master, parent coordinator, guardian ad litem and truancy diversion judge)

None reported.

• Campaign motto: "Families Matter Most"
  • Reflects her view that family court cases are among the most consequential a court can handle, involving not just financial stakes but the well-being of children and the structure of people's most important relationships
• Believes someone who genuinely cares should be on the bench to assist families. Describes the assets at stake as "all the money in the world" and the children involved as "all the love in the world" to the parties
• Aims to diminish conflict and encourage compromise wherever possible but is willing and able to make firm decisions according to the law when parties cannot reach agreement
• Emphasizes treating all litigants with dignity and respect regardless of outcome and delivering timely decisions so families are not left in prolonged uncertainty
• Has taught public classes on divorce, custody and guardianship
  • Suggests a belief that informed litigants lead to better outcomes and less unnecessary conflict
• Volunteers as a judge for UNLV Boyd School of Law moot court and mock trial competitions
  • Reflects ongoing engagement with the legal community beyond her private practice

• Endorsements
  • 2022 race:
    • Endorsements from Juvenile Justice Probation Officers' Association, Clark County Juvenile Justice Supervisors' Association, Asian Chamber of Commerce, Hispanics in Politics, Southern Nevada Building Trades Unions and Latin Chamber of Commerce
  • 2026 race:
    • None found
• Contributions
  • Heavily self-funded
    • Brewer contributed about $10,990 to her own campaign
  • Outside contributors:
    • Mostly family or friends, plus one civil litigation lawyer and one civil litigation lawyer who is a former civil judge.
      • Rhett Brewer ($2,500), Jeannie Brewer ($2,000), Aileen Osborne ($350), Amber Robinson ($300), Janeen Isaacson ($250) and Richard Scotti ($250)
  • Major expenditures:
    • Veterans in Politics International ($289 special events; $1,000 advertising; $4,500 consulting, in payments of $1,500 and $3,000)
    • Karie Banks (about $1,239 advertising)
    • Coast 2 Coast ($3,133 miscellaneous)
    • Brooksys (about $375 special event)

• Pro bono settlement master in family court
  • A settlement master is a neutral attorney appointed by the court to facilitate settlement discussions between parties in contested family law cases
  • Brewer performs this role on a volunteer basis, helping reduce the court's contested caseload while providing a service to litigants who may not be able to afford extended litigation
• Truancy diversion judge
  • Nevada's truancy diversion programs are court-based initiatives designed to address chronic school absenteeism through intervention rather than punishment
  • A truancy diversion judge presides over these proceedings, working with students, parents, schools and social services to develop attendance plans and avoid formal juvenile justice involvement
• Parenting coordinator
  • A court-appointed neutral professional (typically an attorney or mental health professional) who helps high-conflict custody parties implement their parenting plans and resolve day-to-day disputes without returning to court
  • The role requires familiarity with both family law and conflict resolution
• Guardian ad litem
  • An attorney or trained volunteer appointed by the court to represent the best interests of a child in custody, abuse, neglect or termination of parental rights proceedings
  • The guardian ad litem independently investigates the child's circumstances and makes recommendations to the court regardless of what either parent wants
• UNLV Boyd School of Law moot court and mock trial volunteer judge

• Current title:
  • Commissioner and hearing master, Eighth Judicial District Court, Family Division (January 2021 to present)
• Practice areas in current position
  • Family law
    • Presiding over family law hearings as commissioner and hearing master
      • Forman presides over family law matters including divorce, child custody, child support and domestic violence protective orders, issuing findings of fact, conclusions of law and recommendations that are subject to review by a district court judge
    • Domestic violence protective orders
      • Presides over applications for temporary protective orders and extended protective orders in domestic violence cases, which are usually time-sensitive proceedings that require rapid evaluation of credibility and risk
    • Juvenile delinquency
      • Presides over juvenile delinquency matters within the Family Division, involving minors charged with acts that would constitute crimes if committed by adults. These proceedings balance rehabilitative goals with public safety considerations
• Prior job titles:
  • Staff attorney, Eighth Judicial District Court, Family Division (December 2013 to January 2021)
    • Provided legal services to court administration and the clerk's office and advised judges on the Revised Nevada Code of Judicial Conduct

• Has worked within the family court system for more than 15 years in various capacities
• Selected as hearing master through a competitive three-tier process (application review, oral panel interview and public input) in 2018
• Previously ran for Family Court Department Z in 2020; eliminated in the primary

None found.

• From a 2020 Las Vegas Review-Journal debate: "I have the intellect, the patience and the demeanor to make an excellent judge. I know what families go through in the middle of a divorce. I know how it affects our children. I know that a judge with compassion and kindness will be the best thing for Clark County."
  • Personal experience as the child of divorced parents informs his understanding of and empathy for family court litigants.
  • Views this lived experience as a meaningful complement to his professional qualifications. Where most judicial candidates speak only to legal credentials, Forman has pointed to his own childhood as evidence that he understands what is actually at stake for the families who appear before a family court judge, not just the legal mechanics of the proceedings.
• Frames compassion and kindness as judicial virtues, not just personal traits.

• Endorsements
  • None found for the 2026 race as of the date of this report
• Contributions
  • Family law firm contributions ($3,700):
    • Nevada Family Law Group ($1,000), The Abrams & Mayo Law Firm ($1,000), Grigsby Law Group ($500), Law Office of Kenneth S. Friedman ($500), Standish Law Group ($250), Law Office of Ernest Buche Jr. ($250) and Law Office of Joseph Bunin ($200)
  • Individual contributors ($2,600):
    • Gloria O'Malley ($1,000 in two $500 contributions), Holly Roys ($500), Anthony Bassani ($250), Lorien Cole ($250), Sandy Standish ($200), Timothy O'Malley ($200) and Kimberly Jones ($200)

None found.