Judge Jacob A. Reynolds

District Judge - Eighth Judicial District Court - Civil/Criminal Division - Department XXIX

Judge Reynolds is number 10 of 11 children.  He grew up in Utah, Scotland, Israel and Argentina.  He speaks Spanish fluently. He attended Brigham Young University where he double-majored in philosophy and economics.  He also attended the Institute for Humane Studies seminar, hosted at Princeton University. Judge Reynolds graduated from the J. Reuben Clark Law School in 2006. During law school, he interned for Judges Lloyd D. George in Las Vegas and David Sam in Salt Lake City.  Upon graduation, he clerked for Chief Judge Roger L. Hunt in the U.S. District Court in Las Vegas.  After completing his clerkship, he worked for Hutchison & Steffen, PLLC where he became a partner and worked primarily in complex commercial litigation, Constitution, election law, and practice before the Nevada Ethics Commission.  Prior to becoming a judge, Reynolds worked in-house at Switch Ltd. as special litigation counsel and successfully took to jury trial what was understood to be the largest antitrust case in Nevada history valued at $400 million.  Judge Reynolds also served as the chief legal officer of Scholer & Sons, LLC, which took him to Brazil and Uruguay. Judge Reynolds has worked on multiple cases heard at the United States Supreme Court, Nevada Supreme Court, as well as the ninth, tenth and circuit courts as well as the federal circuit. Judge Reynolds is an active member of his community, serving in his church and coaching multiple sports teams involving his four children. Judge Reynolds considers his greatest accomplishment to be convincing Tammy to marry him.

Source: official court website - retrieved Aug 22, 2026