Candidate for
Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 3

ENDORSEMENTS

The retention of Associate Justices Elena Duarte, Andrea Hoch, Louis Mauro, William Murray, Ronald Robie, Presiding Justice Vance Raye, and the confirmation of Jonathan Renner to the office of Associate Justice is supported by law enforcement, newspapers, community leaders, and civic groups, including:

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS

JAN SCULLY, Sacramento County District Attorney
ANNE MARIE SCHUBERT, Sacramento County District Attorney-Elect
DAVID HOLLISTER, Plumas County District Attorney
SCOTT OWENS, Placer County District Attorney
STACEY MONTGOMERY, Lassen County District Attorney
JOHN POYNER, Colusa County District Attorney
TIM KENDALL, Mono County District Attorney
JIM WILLETT, San Joaquin County District Attorney
TORI SALAZAR, San Joaquin County District Attorney-Elect
JEFF REISIG, Yolo County District Attorney
KIRK ANDRUS, Siskiyou County District Attorney
CLIFF NEWELL, Nevada County District Attorney
MICHAEL RAMSEY, Butte County District Attorney
GREGG COHEN, Tehama County District Attorney
PAT MCGRATH, Yuba County District Attorney
TODD RIEBE, Amador County District Attorney
BARBARA YOOK, Calaveras County District Attorney
JANA MCCLUNG, Sutter County District Attorney
LAWRENCE ALLEN, Sierra County District Attorney
ERIC HERYFORD, Trinity County District Attorney
ROBERT MALONEY, Glenn County District Attorney
JORDAN FUNK, Modoc County District Attorney
TERESE DRABEC, Alpine County District Attorney
STEPHEN CARLTON, Shasta County County District Attorney

COUNTY SHERIFF

SCOTT JONES, Sheriff, Sacramento County

PUBLIC DEFENDERS

PAULINO DURAN, Public Defender, Sacramento County
FERN LAETHEM, Executive Director, Sacramento County Conflict Public Defenders, Former State Public Defender.
PETER FOX, Public Defender, San Joaquin County
BARRY MELTON, Former Yolo County Public Defender
GEORGE BOND, Executive Director, Central California Appellate Program

LAW SCHOOL DEANS

KEVIN JOHNSON, University of California Davis, King Hall
FRANCIS J. MOOTZ III, Dean and Professor of Law, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
L.PATRICK PIGGOTT, Humphreys Law School
JAMES SCHIAVENZA, Lincoln Law School

OTHER PROMINENT LEGAL PROFESSIONALS AND ORGANIZATIONS

La Raza Lawyers Association of Sacramento
South Asian Bar Association
The Asian/Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento
Wiley W. Manuel Bar Association
Women Lawyers of Sacramento
Sacramento Lawyers for the Equality of Gays and Lesbians (SacLEGAL)
Sonney Chong, Chair of Council of Asian Pacific Islanders Together for Advocacy and Leaderhip (CAPITAL)

PRESIDING JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS

THOMAS KOLPACOFF, Presiding Judge, Alpine County
SUSAN HARLAN, Presiding Judge, Amador County
KRISTEN LUCENA, Presiding Judge, Butte County
JOHN MARTIN, Presiding Judge, Calaveras County
JEFFREY A. THOMPSON, Presiding Judge, Colusa County
SUZANNE N. KINGSBURY, Presiding Judge, El Dorado County
PETER TWEDE, Presiding Judge, Glenn County
MICHELE VERDEROSA, Presiding Judge, Lassen County
FRANCIS BARCLAY, Presiding Judge, Modoc County
STANLEY ELLER, Presiding Judge, Mono County
CANDACE S. HEIDELBERGER, Presiding Judge, Nevada County
ALAN PINESCHI, Presiding Judge, Pacer County
IRA R. KAUFMAN, Presiding Judge, Plumas County
ROBERT C. HIGHT, Presiding Judge, Sacramento County
LESLEY D. HOLLAND, Presiding Judge, San Joaquin County
GREGORY GAUL, Presiding Judge, Shasta County
JOHN P. KENNELLY, Presiding Judge, Sierra County
LAURA MASUNAGA, Presiding Judge, Siskiyou County
SUSAN E. GREEN, Presiding Judge, Sutter County
JOHN GARAVENTA, Presiding Judge, Tehama County
ELIZABETH JOHNSON, Presiding Judge, Trinity County
STEVEN BASHA, Presiding Judge, Yolo County
DEBRA J. GIVENS, Presiding Judge, Yuba County

NEWSPAPERS

The Sacramento Bee
The Stockton Record
The Davis Enterprise
The Placerville Mountain Democrat
The Sacramento Observer