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Education: Bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Florida. Professional: Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office, 2012-2015; ... Candidate for county judge: Douglas Leifert.
Leifert began working as a criminal defense attorney in Palm Beach County in 1995 after spending five years as a prosecutor with the State Attorney's Office. Nine county judges will return to the ...
Phyllis J. Hamilton (1976): [104] [105] First African American female judge to serve as the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (2014) Jinsook Ohta : [ 106 ] First Asian American female (who is of Korean descent) to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (2021)
The Supreme Court of California is the highest judicial body in the state and sits at the apex of the judiciary of California. [1] Its membership consists of the Chief Justice of California and six associate justices who are nominated by the Governor of California and appointed after confirmation by the California Commission on Judicial Appointments. [2]
Three attorneys have announced their candidacies to replace Judge Ted Booras on the Palm Beach County bench. Ted Booras, a Palm Beach County judge for nearly 20 years, to retire at end of term ...
To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge. A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first.
To be eligible to become a superior court judge in California, one must have been a member of the State Bar of California for at least ten years. [3] One quirk of California law is that when a party petitions the appellate courts for a writ of mandate (California's version of mandamus), the case name becomes [petitioner name] v.
She graduated from Loyola Law School in 1996 and earned her undergraduate degree at the University of California, San Diego, in 1993. Murillo was born in Pomona, California.