Senator James Ohrenschall

Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

  • 2019 SESSION COMMITTEES: Legislative Operations and Elections (Chair); Commerce and Labor; Judiciary
  • Nevada Senate, 2018-Present (first elected November 2018)
  • 2017 SESSION COMMITTEES: Corrections, Parole, and Probation (Chair); Judiciary (Vice Chair); Commerce and Labor; Legislative Operations and Elections
  • 2015 SESSION COMMITTEES: Commerce and Labor; Judiciary; Legislative Operations and Elections
  • 2013 SESSION COMMITTEES: Legislative Operations and Elections (Chair); Judiciary (Vice Chair); Commerce and Labor
  • 2011 SESSION COMMITTEES: Judiciary (Vice Chair); Commerce and Labor; Legislative Operations and Elections
  • 2015-2016 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Legislative Committee on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice
  • 2013-2014 INTERIM COMMITTEE: Legislative Committee on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice
  • 2009-2010 INTERIM COMMITTEE: Legislative Commission (Alternate Member)
  • Nevada Assembly, 2007-2017 (first elected November 2006)—six regular and eight special sessions

Other Public Service

  • Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice Member, appointed 2018
  • Nevada Juvenile Justice Oversight Commission, Advisory Committee Member
  • National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Commissioner, 2009-2010, 2017-2018
  • National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Drafting Committee on Alternatives to Bail Act Member
  • National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Past Member of Study Committee on Eyewitness Identification Act
  • National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Past Member of Study Committee on a Model Veterans' Treatment Court Act
  • National Conference of State Legislatures, Past Member of Law and Criminal Justice Committee
  • Nevada Statewide AIDS Advisory Task Force, 2009-2010
  • Governor’s Workforce Investment Board, Member, 2009-2010
  • Nevada Autism Task Force, 2007-2008
  • Law and Criminal Justice Standing Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, Appointee

Honors and Awards

  • Grant a Gift Autism Foundation, Autism Advocate Award,
  • Ralph J. Roske Award for Outstanding Work in Introductory History, UNLV Department of History
  • Clark County Bar Association Client Counseling Competition, William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV, Semifinalist
  • William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV, Dean’s Honor List
  • William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV, Academic Merit Scholarship
  • American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association, Meritorious Public Service Award
  • Paradise Democratic Club of Clark County, Outstanding Grass-Roots Democrat of the Year Award

Other Achievements

  • Young Democrats of America National Convention, Delegate representing Nevada
  • Western Legislative Academy, The Council of State Governments–WEST, Graduate

Affiliations

  • Nevada State Bar
  • United States District Court for the District of Nevada
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • UNLV Alumni Association
  • Pi Mu Epsilon, National Mathematics Honor Society, UNLV Chapter, Founding Member
  • International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local Union No. 631, Las Vegas, Nevada, Former Member
  • Paradise Democratic Club of Clark County
  • Delegate representing Nevada and the United States, World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association Bi-Annual Meeting

Education

  • Chaparral High School, Sunset High School, Las Vegas
  • College of Southern Nevada
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), B.A., Economics
  • William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV, J.D.

Personal

Occupation: Clark County Public Defender, Juvenile Division
Born: 1972, Las Vegas, Nevada
Spouse: Riana Durrett
Children: Two Sons

Co-Sponsor

SCR2 Expresses appreciation to the staff of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for their service during the 32nd Special Session of the Nevada Legislature. (BDR R-18)
SR4 Expresses appreciation to the Senate staff for their service during the 32nd Special Session of the Nevada Legislature. (BDR R-21)