Thomas Love Stringfield

Thomas Love Stringfield was a Nevada attorney who devoted his career to public service and the practice of law in Elko County. Admitted to the State Bar of Nevada on September 20, 1976, he began his legal career in the high desert of northeastern Nevada, where he would spend decades serving the courts and citizens of the region.

Stringfield served as District Attorney for Elko County, appearing on behalf of the State in matters before the Nevada Supreme Court as early as 1980. He later ascended to the bench as a District Judge of the Fourth Judicial District Court, which serves Elko County, presiding over civil and criminal proceedings during the 1990s. After his years on the bench, he continued in private practice at the Stringfield Law Offices in Elko, where colleagues joined him to practice business, family, criminal, and personal injury law.

Across his roles as prosecutor, judge, and private attorney, Thomas Love Stringfield was a steady and enduring presence in the Elko legal community. Born on November 23, 1947, he passed away on February 8, 2005, at the age of 57, remembered for a career of committed service to the law in rural Nevada.