Catherine Pratt

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Catherine Pratt

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Superior Court of Los Angeles County
Tenure

2015 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

10

Elections and appointments
Last elected

June 7, 2022

Appointed

November 17, 2015

Education

Bachelor's

University of California, Berkeley

Law

University of Southern California, Gould School of Law

Personal
Profession
Commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Catherine Pratt is a judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California. She assumed office in 2015. Her current term ends on January 8, 2029.

Pratt won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California outright in the primary on June 7, 2022, after the primary and general election were canceled.

Pratt was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown (D) on November 17, 2015, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Leslie A. Dunn.[1]

Education

Pratt received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a J.D. from the University of Southern California School of Law.[1]

Career

  • 2015-Present: Judge, Superior Court of Los Angeles County
  • 2006-2015: Commissioner, Superior Court of Los Angeles County
  • 1999-2006: Senior deputy county counsel, Los Angeles Office of the County Counsel
  • 1996-1999: Attorney, Auxiliary Legal Services Inc.
  • 1993-1996: Corporate vice president and senior litigation attorney, PaineWebber Legal Department
  • 1987-1993: Associate, Keesal, Young and Logan[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2022)

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Catherine Pratt (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

2016

See also: California local trial court judicial elections, 2016

California held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. There was a primary on June 7, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was March 31, 2016. A total of 351 seats were up for election. Incumbent Catherine Pratt ran unopposed in the election for Office 59 of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.[2]

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge, Office #59, 2016
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png Catherine Pratt Incumbent

Selection method

See also: Nonpartisan election

The 1,535 judges of the California Superior Courts compete in nonpartisan races in even-numbered years. If a candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote in the June primary election, he or she is declared the winner; if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff between the top two candidates is held during the November general election.[3][4][5][6]

If an incumbent judge is running unopposed in an election, his or her name does not appear on the ballot. The judge is automatically re-elected following the general election.[3]

The chief judge of any given superior court is selected by peer vote of the court's members. He or she serves in that capacity for one or two years, depending on the county.[3]

Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[3]

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Catherine Pratt did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

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