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Gail Dekreon
Gail Dekreon was a judge of the Superior Court of San Francisco County in California. She assumed office in 2003. She left office in 2023.
Dekreon won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of San Francisco County in California outright in the primary on March 3, 2020, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Biography
Education
Dekreon received her bachelor's degree from the University of Alaska. She graduated from Golden Gate University Law School in 1981 and was admitted to the California Bar in 1982.[1][2]
Career
Prior to becoming a judge for the Superior Court of San Francisco, Dekreon worked as a traffic attorney in San Francisco.[3]
Awards and associations
The San Francisco Bar Association named her its "Outstanding Volunteer in Public Service" in 1992 and she was evaluated as "well-qualified" by the Judicial Evaluation Committee of the San Francisco Bar Association in her 2002 campaign for the office of judge.[1]
Elections
2020
Incumbent Gail Dekreon was the only candidate to file and won the position by default when the election was canceled.
2014
See also: California judicial elections, 2014
Dekreon ran for re-election to the San Francisco County Superior Court.
As an unopposed incumbent, she was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot.
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2008
On June 3, 2008, Dekreon ran again for her seat, winning after running unopposed.[5]
2002
Dekreon had been working as a defense attorney in San Francisco for 20 years when Gray Davis became the Governor of California in 1999. She applied to the Davis administration for appointment as a judge but "she heard nothing and was so discouraged by the dearth of public defenders and defense lawyers being chosen that she gave up...Instead, she ran for a judgeship and was elected in November [2002]."[6]
Dekreon said, "There's a lot of qualified people in the defense bar...As far as I can see they're not being considered [by the Davis administration] if they put their names in."[6]
Dekreon's opponent in 2002 was Sean F. Connolly. She won the November 5, 2002 election with 75,562 votes, which was 51.37 percent of votes cast.[1]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gail Dekreon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Smart Voter, "Profile of Gail Kekreon 2002"
- ↑ Martindale.com Gail Dekreon Judge Profile
- ↑ Law Offices of David Khaled Uthman: Traffic Defense Clinic
- ↑ San Francisco Department of Elections, "Judicial candidates list for the June 3, 2014 primary," accessed March 25, 2014
- ↑ Smart Voter," June 3, 2008 judicial elections
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 San Francisco Chronicle, "Davis shaking up state's judgeships," March 21, 2003
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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
