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John Dorsey Conley
John Dorsey Conley was a judge of the Superior Court of Orange County in California. He left office in 2021.
Conley won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Orange County in California outright in the primary on June 5, 2018, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Biography
Conley received his undergraduate degree from Yale University in 1964 and his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 1968. He also received a master's degree in public administration from the University of Southern California in 1981 and a master's degree in criminology from the California State University, Long Beach in 1971.[1]
Conley served in the Vietnam War as a private in the United States Marine Corps from 1964 to 1965. He also previously served as a lieutenant for the U.S. Army Military Police from 1969 to 1970. Before he became a judge, Conley served as a deputy district attorney for Orange County from 1972 to 2001.[1]
Elections
2018
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. John Dorsey Conley (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2012
- See also: California judicial elections, 2012
Conley ran for re-election to the Superior Court of Orange County in 2012. As an unopposed incumbent, his name did not appear on the ballot. After the primary election, Conley was automatically re-elected.[2]
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]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedbio - ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate Handbook," accessed December 27, 2014scroll to pages 31-32
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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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