Noel Edwin Manoukian

Noel Edwin Manoukian (January 1, 1938 – April 11, 2019) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada from 1977 to 1985.

Early life and education Manoukian was born on January 1, 1938, in Livingston, California. He attended Reno High School, where he was captain of the football team and student body president, graduating in 1956. He briefly attended Hartnell Junior College, then transferred to the University of the Pacific, which he attended on an athletic scholarship, and from which he received his Bachelor of Arts in 1961. Once seated on the court, Manoukian assumed jurisdiction over the estate case of Walter Herrmann, which had previously been presided over by Judge Richard Waters, who had died in office. Manoukian he ruled that attorneys' fees were excessive, suggesting that Waters had awarded the fees improperly and implicating misconduct by the lawyers involved.

Manoukian died in 2019, at the age of 81.