Julia Craig Kelety

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Julia Craig Kelety
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California 4th District Court of Appeal Division 1
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Prior offices
Superior Court of San Diego County
Successor: Danna Nicholas

Compensation

Base salary

$272,902

Education

Bachelor's

University of Arizona

Law

Cornell University Law School

Contact

Julia Craig Kelety is a judge for Division 1 of the California 4th District Court of Appeal. She assumed office on April 7, 2023. Her current term ends on January 4, 2027.

Kelety won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of San Diego County in California outright in the primary on June 5, 2018, after the primary and general election were canceled.

Education

Kelety received a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona and a J.D. from Cornell University Law School.[1]

Career

Prior to becoming a judge for the Superior Court of San Diego County, Kelety was a partner in a San Diego law firm.

Elections

2018

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Julia Craig Kelety (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

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]

2012

Kelety ran for re-election to the superior court in 2012. As an unopposed incumbent, her name did not appear on the ballot. After the primary election, Kelety was automatically re-elected.[6]

See also: California judicial elections, 2012

See also

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