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Jeffrey Brand
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2015 - Present
2029
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Jeffrey Brand is a judge of the Superior Court of Alameda County in California. He assumed office in 2015. His current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Brand won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Alameda County in California outright in the primary on June 7, 2022, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Brand was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown (D) on July 16, 2015, to replace Gary M. Picetti.[1] Brand was re-elected in 2016. He ran unopposed and did not appear on the ballot.
Education
Brand received his bachelor's degree and J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.[1]
Career
- 2015-Present: Judge, Superior Court of Alameda County
- 1986-2015: Professor, University of San Francisco School of Law
- 1999-2013: Dean
- 1985-1995: Co-founder and editor-in-chief, Federal Litigator magazine
- 1980-1985: Attorney in private practice
- 1976-1978: Administrative law judge, California Agricultural Labor Relations Board
- 1974-1976: Attorney in private practice
- 1971-1974: Deputy public defender, Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Alameda County, California (2022)
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Jeffrey Brand (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
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 Jeffrey Brand ran unopposed in the election for Office 5 of the Alameda County Superior Court.
| Alameda County Superior Court Judge, Office #5, 2016 | ||
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| Candidate | ||
 Jeffrey Brand 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.[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]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jeffrey Brand did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Imperial Valley News, "Governor Brown Appoints Two to Alameda County Superior Court," July 16, 2015
- ↑ 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
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