- Occupation: Associate Justice
- Justice, Third District Court of Appeal, Feb. 1998 to present
- Superior Court Judge, Sacramento, 1995 to Feb. 1998
- Attorney, McDonough, Holland and Allen, 1979 to 1995
- Assistant United States Attorney, 1976 to 1979
- Captain, United States Air Force, 1972 to 1976
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- Appellate justices must follow the law.
- Appellate opinions must be reasoned, concise, understandable, and timely.
- Appellate courts should be accessible and educate the public about their duties
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- Robert K. Puglia, Presiding Justice, 3rd Dist. Court of Appeal, California
- Mike Reynolds, Chief Proponent, Prop. 184, the Three Strikes Initiative
- Jerry Chong, Esq., Chief Legal Counsel, CAPITAL, and Co-Founder of UNITY
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- Judicial Retention Elections
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Every four years, many voters and their friends and families wonder, "Who are these supreme court and court of appeal justices for whom I am asked to vote? How can I learn something about them? And what are these supreme and appellate courts anyway?" This paper was prepared by the California Judges Association to answer these questions.
- Jurisprudential Philosophy
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Judges are bound by and must follow the law set forth in the U.S. and California Constitutions, statutes, initiatives adopted by voters, and case precedents.
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