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Christine Byrd (California)
Christine Byrd was a judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California. She left office in 2023.
Byrd won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California outright in the primary on June 5, 2018, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Education
Byrd received her B.A. from Stanford University and her J.D. from University of Virginia School of Law.[1]
Career
Prior to becoming a judge for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Byrd worked for Irell and Manella LLP as a litigation partner from 1996 to 2010. She was also an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office, Criminal Divison from 1982 to 1987. Byrd was a law clerk to former judge William P. Gray of the U.S. District Court from 1975 to 1976.[1]
Elections
2018
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Christine Byrd (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
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.[2][3][4][5]
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.[2]
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.[2]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[2]
2012
Byrd ran for re-election to the superior court in 2012. As an unopposed incumbent, her name did not appear on the ballot. After the primary election, Byrd was automatically re-elected.[6]
- See also: California judicial elections, 2012
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpr - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: California," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Safeguarding California's judicial election process," August 21, 2011
- ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8203," accessed May 21, 2014
- ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8140-8150," accessed May 21, 2014
- ↑ Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder, Presidential Primary Election 6/5/2012
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Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California
State courts:
California Supreme Court • California Courts of Appeal • California Superior Courts
State resources:
Courts in California • California judicial elections • Judicial selection in California
