Bernie's Law

Bernard B. Zadrowski was raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was appointed to and briefly attended the United States Air Force Academy, going on to graduate from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1988 with a B.S. in Business Administration. In 1988 Bernie moved to New York, New York where he studied theater at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He graduated in 1991, earning a spot with the AADA Acting Company.

During the next few years, Bernie lived and worked in the Big Apple. Turning his attention towards the law in 1994, Bernie left New York City and began his legal studies at the University of Denver College of Law. He graduated in 1997 in the top 11% of his class. Upon graduation he headed west to Las Vegas to begin his career as a prosecutor.

Since making Las Vegas his home, Mr. Zadrowski has been very active in the legal community. He was appointed to the Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board in 2001, and currently serves as Vice Chairman of that board. In 2002, he was appointed by the State Bar to the Judicial Selection Commission. In that capacity, Bernie was instrumental in helping to fill judicial vacancies by nominating judge-candidates whom would later go on to be appointed to the bench by the governor.

He was appointed by the State Bar to the Judicial Ethics and Election Practices Commission in 2007 as a permanent lawyer commissioner. His term will expire in December 2008. Additionally, Bernie has previously been elected and served as President of the Latino Bar Association of Southern Nevada, and Vice President of the Clark County Prosecutor’s Association.

Bernie is an active member of the Las Vegas South Sunset Rotary Club. He also enjoys his part-time job as an adjunct professor of criminal law at the College of Southern Nevada, where he has been educating students for the last eleven years in the areas of Nevada criminal law, juvenile law, and criminal procedure. Bernie is a student (again) himself. Recently he went back to school to earn his Masters Degree in Catholic Theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville. This degree is a work in progress.

Bernie is a Chief Deputy D.A. in the criminal division of the Clark County District Attorney’s Office. Since 2005, he has been chief prosecutor and supervisor of the Check Fraud Division, where he is in charge of prosecuting bad check and fraud offenders in the community. He has gained national recognition in this capacity and frequently lectures at conferences regarding the prosecution of identity theft and check fraud.

Aside from his wife and children, Bernie’s passion is for politics. In 2008 Bernie was elected Chairman of the Clark County (Las Vegas, NV) Republican Party. For more information about Bernie, the Republican Party, or any of Bernie’s positions, please visit the following web sites:

www.BernieZ4GOP.com

http://berniezadrowski.blogivists.com/

www.ClarkGOP.org