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Judith Ashmann-Gerst
2001 - Present
2035
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Judith Ashmann-Gerst is a judge for Division 2 of the California 2nd District Court of Appeal. She assumed office in 2001. Her current term ends on January 8, 2035.
Ashmann-Gerst ran for re-election for the Division 2 judge of the California 2nd District Court of Appeal. She won in the retention election on November 8, 2022.
Ashmann-Gerst was appointed to the court by Governor Gray Davis in December 2001 and retained by voters in 2002 and 2010. Her current term ends January 2, 2023.[1][2]
Biography
Education
Ashmann-Gerst received her B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1965. She worked as a deputy probation officer while attending Whittier Law School and earned her J.D. in 1972, graduating magna cum laude.[1]
Career
Ashmann-Gerst began her legal career with the state attorney general's office in Los Angeles. In 1976, she left that office to become special counsel to City Attorney Burt Pines. She joined the U.S. Attorney's Office in 1979, where she was an executive assistant U.S. attorney until Governor Jerry Brown appointed her to the Los Angeles Municipal Court in 1981. In 1986, she was appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court by Governor George Deukmejian. Governor Gray Davis appointed Ashmann-Gerst to the California Second District Court of Appeal in December 2001.[1]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 1995: San Fernando Valley Bar Association Judge of the Year
- 1994: Los Angeles County Bar Association, Criminal Section, Judge of the Year
- 1990: San Fernando Criminal Courts Bar Judge of the Year[1]
Associations
- California Judicial Council
- National Association of Women Judges
- California Women Lawyers
- California Judges Association
- Executive Committee, Los Angeles County Bar Association Litigation Section
- Board of Directors , Los Angeles chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers[1]
Elections
2022
See also: California intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 2, Judith Ashmann-Gerst's seat
Judith Ashmann-Gerst was retained to Division 2 of the California 2nd District Court of Appeal on November 8, 2022 with 76.1% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
76.1
|
1,567,833 | ||
No |
23.9
|
493,147 | |||
Total Votes |
2,060,980 | ||||
|
|
2010
- See also: California judicial elections, 2010
Ashmann-Gerst was retained in 2010 with 66.7% of the vote.[3]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Judith Ashmann-Gerst did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Officeholder California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 2 |
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