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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT AS
JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
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Welcome
2. Basic Information
3. Personal Information
4. Educational Information
5a. Professional/Career Information
5b. Work History
6. Qualification/Suitability for Judicial Appointment
7. Specific Legal Experience
8. Judicial or Quasi-Judicial Experience
9. Business Interests or Other Professional Experience
10. Writing
11. Honors and Awards
12. Organizations, Memberships and Community Activities
13. Additional Questions
14. Further Information
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Name of Applicant:
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First Name:
Middle Name:
Last Name:
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Prior names used by Applicant (Include the dates each name was used.):
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Preferred Judicial Position (You are not required to live in the county.):
Judge of the:
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Superior Court, Alameda County
Superior Court, Alpine County
Superior Court, Amador County
Superior Court, Butte County
Superior Court, Calaveras County
Superior Court, Colusa County
Superior Court, Contra Costa County
Superior Court, Del Norte County
Superior Court, El Dorado County
Superior Court, Fresno County
Superior Court, Glenn County
Superior Court, Humboldt County
Superior Court, Imperial County
Superior Court, Inyo County
Superior Court, Kern County
Superior Court, Kings County
Superior Court, Los Angeles
Superior Court, Lake County
Superior Court, Lassen County
Superior Court, Madera County
Superior Court, Marin County
Superior Court, Mariposa County
Superior Court, Mendocino County
Superior Court, Merced County
Superior Court, Modoc County
Superior Court, Mono County
Superior Court, Monterey County
Superior Court, Napa County
Superior Court, Nevada County
Superior Court, Orange County
Superior Court, Placer County
Superior Court, Plumas County
Superior Court, Riverside County
Superior Court, Sacramento County
Superior Court, Santa Barbara County
Superior Court, San Benito County
Superior Court, San Bernardino County
Superior Court, Santa Clara County
Superior Court, Santa Cruz County
Superior Court, San Diego County
Superior Court, San Francisco
Superior Court, Shasta County
Superior Court, Sierra County
Superior Court, Siskiyou County
Superior Court, San Joaquin County
Superior Court, San Luis Obispo County
Superior Court, San Mateo County
Superior Court, Solano County
Superior Court, Sonoma County
Superior Court, Stanislaus County
Superior Court, Sutter County
Superior Court, Tehama County
Superior Court, Trinity County
Superior Court, Tulare County
Superior Court, Tuolumne County
Superior Court, Ventura County
Superior Court, Yolo County
Superior Court, Yuba County
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If you would like to be considered for an appointment as a Superior Court Judge in another
jurisdiction, please identify the county or counties in order of preference and describe your ties
and connections to, and activities in, each county.
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Place of Birth:
Drivers License #:
Social Security #:
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California Bar #:
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Please indicate whether you meet the mandatory eligibility requirement to serve as a judge on a California court. ("A person is ineligible to be a judge of a court of record unless for 10 years immediately preceding selection, the person has been a member of the State Bar or served as a judge of a court of record in this State."
(Cal. Const, Art. VI)):
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Yes
No
If you meet the eligibility requirement for judicial service, please answer the remaining questions set forth in this questionnaire.
INFORMATION FOR REPORTING PURPOSES
6.
State law requires the Governor's Office to collect, on an aggregate statewide basis, demographic data relative to ethnicity, race, disability, veteran status, gender, gender identity and sexual orientation (Gov. Code, §12011.5, subdivision (n)). To assist the Governor's Office with these reporting obligations, applicants are asked to voluntarily provide the information below. YOUR ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS ARE PURELY VOLUNTARY AND YOU MAY FREELY SKIP ANY OR ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS AND GO DIRECTLY TO QUESTION 7. If you choose to respond, use the categories below to choose the one(s) with which you most closely identify.
Please identify your gender:
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Female
Male
Please state your Ethnicity:
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American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian
Black or African American
Hispanic
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Other
White or Caucasian
Please identify your sexual orientation/gender identity:
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Heterosexual
Lesbian
Gay
Bisexual
Transgender
Please identify if you are a veteran as that term is defined in Section 101(2) of Title 38 of the United States Code:
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No
Please identify if you are person with a mental or physical disability as that term is defined in subdivisions (j), (l), and (m) of California Government Code Section 12926:
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No
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