Judge Robert W. Teuton

District Judge - Eighth Judicial District Court - Family Division - Department D

Robert W. “Bob” Teuton Department D Eighth Judicial District Court Term of Office 2008 – present Robert W. “Bob” Teuton was raised in the San Francisco Bay area where he attended San Rafael Military Academy and obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California, in 1974. He attended Texas Tech University Law School in Lubbock, Texas, where he served as Comments Editor on the Law Review. Bob moved to Las Vegas after graduating from law school in 1977. He served as Law Clerk to District Court Judge John Mendoza from 1977 to 1978 and began his career with the District Attorney’s office after becoming licensed in Nevada in the fall of 1978. He became a Team Chief in the Criminal Division in 1984. In 1988 he was appointed by District Court Judge John McGroarty as Assistant Director of Clark County Juvenile Court Services and later served as Acting Director of that agency. In 1994 District Attorney Stew Bell placed Bob in charge of the Juvenile Division of the office and in 2003 District Attorney David Roger appointed Bob as his Assistant over the Juvenile and Family Support Divisions of the office. Governor Jim Gibbons appointed him to Family Court Department D on August 28, 2008. He took the oath of office and began serving on the bench on September 29, 2008. Bob was a member of the Board of Directors of WECAN (Working to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect) and a founding board member of Classroom on Wheels (COW). He is currently a member of the Honorary Board of Directors for the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY) and Community Outreach Medical Center. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the East Valley Family Services. He was a past member of the Southern Nevada State Bar Disciplinary Committee and was a member of the Supreme Court of Nevada Committee to Eliminate Racial, Gender and Economic Bias. Bob was also a member of the Supreme Court of Nevada’s Urban Court Workload Assessment Committee and Judicial Assessment Commission. Bob is married and has two teenage children.

Source: official court website - retrieved Aug 22, 2026