MEET THE JOSEPH S. SCISCENTO, ESQ.

Joseph S. Sciscento is the former Judge in Department 2 of the Las Vegas Justice Court. He was appointed to the Las Vegas Justice Court bench in June 2009 and took the bench in July 2009. Judge Sciscento was re-elected to the bench in November 2010, 2012, and 2018 for the full six-year term. He has been on the bench since 2009 hearing criminal, civil, evictions, traffic, misdemeanor trials, and Felony preliminary hearings. He served several years as judge over the Moderate Offenders Program for DUI and presided over animal control cases for over seven years. In past years, Joseph Sciscento has received some of the highest retention ratings, in the Review-Journal “Judging the Judges”, from attorneys appearing in front of him. Joseph left the bench on January 2nd, 2025.

Joseph Sciscento graduated, Cum Laude from California State University Northridge in 1988, having received a bachelor’s degree in political science. Joseph Sciscento earned his Juris Doctorate in Law from the University of San Diego in 1991. In the summer of 1989, while in London, England, he studied under the United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. Joseph Sciscento received awards in Moot Court competitions at the University of San Diego.

In 1991, Joseph Sciscento moved to Las Vegas where he practiced Probate Law, gaining knowledge of probate, guardianship and estate planning. He was an adjunct professor at CCSN and was a guest lecturer at UNLV for Business Law. He practiced in other areas of law including Criminal Law and Civil Law. He later worked in the Law Offices of Gentile and Porter. In 1995 Joseph Sciscento began his sole practice mainly in the area of criminal defense.