Chuck Poochigian

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Chuck Poochigian
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Prior offices
California 5th District Court of Appeal

Compensation

Base salary

$272,902

Education

Bachelor's

California State University, 1972

Law

Santa Clara University, 1975

Contact

Chuck Poochigian was a judge of the California 5th District Court of Appeal. He assumed office in 2009. He left office in 2025.

Poochigian ran for re-election for judge of the California 5th District Court of Appeal. He won in the retention election on November 6, 2018.

He was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on August 18, 2009. He was confirmed by the California Commission on Judicial Appointments after a hearing on September 24, 2009.[1][2]


Education

Poochigian earned his undergraduate degree from California State University, Fresno, in 1972 and his law degree from Santa Clara University in 1975. [3]

Career

Poochigian was elected to the California General Assembly in 1994 and to the State Senate in 1998. He made an unsuccessful bid for California Attorney General in 2006, after which he joined the law firm Dowling, Aaron & Keeler.[3][4]


Elections

2018

See also: California intermediate appellate court elections, 2018

California 5th District Court of Appeal

Chuck Poochigian was retained to the California 5th District Court of Appeal on November 6, 2018 with 68.0% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
68.0
 
469,317
No
 
32.0
 
221,338
Total Votes
690,655


2010

See also: California judicial elections, 2010

Poochigan was retained in 2010 with 70.1 percent of the vote.[5] He is a Republican.[3]

See also

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