PATRICIA "PAT" CALTON, Justice of the Peace/Municipal Court Judge

Alternate Commissioner Patricia Calton was raised in Wells, Nevada, and graduated from Wells High School. She has worked in the Wells Justice and Municipal Courts for the past 30 years, having been the court clerk for 21 years. She began serving in her current judicial position in January 2001 as Justice of the Peace and appointed Municipal Court Judge.

Judge Calton has been married for 37 years and is the mother a grown son and daughter who also reside in Elko County.

Judge Calton is currently a representative on the Judicial Counsel of the State of Nevada (JCSN) for the North Central Region. She is the treasurer for the Nevada Judges of Limited Jurisdiction. She is a member of the NJLJ executive board and serves on the NJLJ education committee. She has also been appointed to the new JCSN Education Funding Sub-Committee.

Judge Calton was appointed to the Commission by the Nevada Supreme Court on September 12, 2007; she was reappointed in January 2011. Her current term expires on January 5, 2015.