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This undated photo provided by the Nevada Supreme Court shows Chief Justice Kristina Pickering.
Published Monday, Jan. 6, 2020 | 11:18 a.m.
Updated Monday, Jan. 6, 2020 | 2:23 p.m.
CARSON CITY — Nevada has a new state Supreme Court chief justice.
Kristina Pickering took over the position Monday from Justice Mark Gibbons, with plans to serve a one-year term as administrative head of the seven-member court and the Nevada legal system.
Pickering was elected to the state high court in 2008 and has filed for re-election to a third six-year term. She also served as chief justice in 2013.
Gibbons is ending his third stint as chief justice and his third term on the court. He announced in November he won’t seek a fourth term.
Gibbons represented the court at the Nevada Legislature and gave a State of the Judiciary address to lawmakers last March in Carson City.
Gibbons and Pickering co-chaired revisions last year to Nevada courts’ Rules of Civil Procedure.
