Editing Brian Sandoval (section)

== Early career ==
Sandoval passed the Nevada and California [[Bar examination|bar exams]] and entered private practice with several [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]] law firms.<ref name=lvrj_20020715/> In 1999, he opened his own law firm in Reno.<ref name=lvrj_20020715/>

===Nevada Assembly===
====Elections====
When incumbent Republican [[Jim Gibbons (American politician)|Jim Gibbons]] decided to retire to run for Governor of Nevada in 1994, Sandoval ran for the Reno-based 25th District of the [[Nevada Assembly]]. He won the open seat and won re-election in 1996. After he resigned from his seat in 1998, Gibbons's wife, [[Dawn Gibbons|Dawn]], won the open seat.<ref name=lvrj_20020715/>

====Tenure====
Sandoval sponsored 14 bills that became law—including some that prevented felons from suing victims if they are injured committing a crime, increased the penalties for operating a boat under the influence, and allowed indigent defendants to perform community service to defray their legal costs.<ref name=DC_Report2006>{{cite web|title=State of the Court 2006|publisher=[[United States District Court for the District of Nevada]]|year=2006|url=http://www.nvd.uscourts.gov/Files/DC_Report2006AALL.pdf#page=7&pagemode=none|format=PDF|access-date=September 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721070059/http://www.nvd.uscourts.gov/Files/DC_Report2006AALL.pdf#page=7&pagemode=none|archive-date=July 21, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=lvrj_20011012>{{cite web|last=Morrison |first=Jane Ann |title=Brian Sandoval announces bid for attorney general |work=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] |date=October 12, 2001 |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2001/Oct-12-Fri-2001/news/17206546.html |access-date=September 20, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050401073650/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2001/Oct-12-Fri-2001/news/17206546.html |archive-date=April 1, 2005 }}</ref>

====Committee assignments====
Sandoval served on the Judiciary, Taxation and Natural Resources Committees. He also served on the Wisconsin Legislative Commission, the Advisory Commission on Sentencing, the Juvenile Justice Commission, the Advisory Council on Community Notification of Sex Offenders, and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Oversight Committee.<ref name=DC_Report2006/>

===Gaming Commission of Nevada===
In 1998, Sandoval was appointed to serve as a member of the [[Nevada Gaming Commission|Gaming Commission of Nevada]], which oversees the state's gaming industry.<ref name=DC_Report2006/> The following year, at the age of 35, Sandoval became the youngest person ever to serve as chairman of the gaming commission.<ref name=Moritz_April2006/><ref name=DC_Report2006/> During his time on the commission, Sandoval fought national efforts to block gambling on college sports events, worked on regulations limiting neighborhood gaming and worked for regulations prohibiting slot machines with themes attractive to children.<ref name=lvrj_20011012/>