League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Santa Clara County, CA June 8, 2010 Election
	Bob Camors Answers Questions Candidate for Judge - Superior Court; County of Santa Clara; Office 19

The questions were prepared by the Leagues of Women Voters of Santa Clara County and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. As a judge, you may be called on to impose sentences for crimes ranging from misdemeanors to homicide. While there are sentencing parameters and guidelines, you will have latitude. What factors and principles/values will affect your decisions?

I understand the importance of keeping our community safe. I will take into consideration all of the factors in aggravation and mitigation that the court must evaluate including the seriousness or violent nature of the crime as well as the nature, seriousness and age of any prior criminal convictions, the age and circumstances of defendant and other relevant matters brought before me. I will also consider the victim. I will be thinking about saftey of other potential future victims.

2. Please describe your experience in civil and criminal cases.

Rising from associate to partner in a major law firm during the last 20+ years, I served as the lead attorney in over two hundred civil cases, including over ten very complex high technology civil cases. During that same time, I was also a team member or a co-lead trial attorney in dozens of other complex civil cases. As lead or co-lead attorney, I have typically done the jury selection, made the opening statement and closing argument and have presented the direct testimony of all client witnesses and the key expert witnesses. There is no task in the preparation or trial of a civil case that I have not personally performed with success on multiple occasions. I have also successfully argued at the Court of Appeals.

My criminal law and criminal trial experience is limited to the criminal cases that I investigated and referred to courts martial or handled with non-judicial punishment while serving as an Army officer and the criminal law and criminal procedure classes I took while in law school.

3. Would you propose any changes to assure that there is no appearance of bias in the courtroom including, but not limited to, bias based on disability, gender identity, age, race, religion, ethnicity, or sexual orientation?

As a judge, I will be fair and unbiased. My endorsement by the Bar Association's Rainbow Committee demonstrates their confidence in my ability to establish and maintain a bias-free courtroom. I will treat everyone with dignity and respect. I will assure equal justice for all.

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