Robert List

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Robert Frank List (born September 1, 1936) is an American attorney and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 24th Governor of Nevada from 1979 to 1983, as Nevada Attorney General from 1971 to 1979, and as Carson City District Attorney from 1967 to 1971.[1] Currently List practices law in Las Vegas with the law firm Kolesar & Leatham, Chtd.[2] He was the last Governor to serve from outside Clark County until Jim Gibbons' election. After his term ended, he became a supporter of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.[3] List was defeated for re-election in 1982 by Nevada Attorney General Richard Bryan. He was the last Governor of Nevada to lose reelection until Democrat Steve Sisolak lost reelection to Republican Joe Lombardo in 2022.

Childhood

Robert Frank List was born in Exeter California to Frank and Alice List.[1]

Education

List received his J.D. and LL.D. degrees from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1962. He is licensed with the State Bar of Nevada, District of Columbia Bar, and U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Nevada State Bar Association, Society of Attorneys General Emeritus and Past Governors' Association.[4]

Current practice

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List in 2016

On December 1, 2010, List joined Kolesar & Leatham, Chtd., a Las Vegas business law firm, as a senior partner. He is also the chief executive officer of The Robert List Company, a lobbying firm.

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List as governor.

List served as Carson City, Nevada District Attorney from 1966 to 1970 and Attorney General of Nevada from 1970 to 1978. In 1978, he was elected Governor, serving in that capacity until 1983. He served as Chairman of both the Western Governors Association and the Conference of Western Attorneys General.[5]

Personal life

He is married to Mary Ann (Polly) Minor List and they have two children, Robert and Elizabeth. He also has three adult children; Suzanne, Hank, and Michelle.[6]

References

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Party political offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Republican nominee for Governor of Nevada
1978, 1982 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Attorney General of Nevada
January 4, 1971 – January 1, 1979 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Governor of Nevada
January 1, 1979 – January 3, 1983 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byas Former US Senator Template:S-bef/check Order of precedence of the United States
Within Nevada Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded byas Former Governor
Preceded byas Former Governor Template:S-bef/check Order of precedence of the United States
Outside Nevada Template:S-ttl/check

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