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Kerry R. Bensinger

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Kerry R. Bensinger

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Superior Court of Los Angeles County
Tenure

2012 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

13

Elections and appointments
Last elected

March 3, 2020

Appointed

2011

Education

Bachelor's

Yale University

Law

USC School of Law

Kerry R. Bensinger is a judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California. He assumed office in 2012. His current term ends on January 4, 2027.

Bensinger won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California outright in the primary on March 3, 2020, after the primary and general election were canceled.

Elections

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2020)

Incumbent Kerry R. Bensinger was the only candidate to file and won the position by default when the election was canceled.

2014

See also: California judicial elections, 2014
Bensinger ran for re-election to the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
As an unopposed incumbent, he was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot. [1] 

Education

Bensinger received his undergraduate degree from the Yale University and his J.D. from the University of Southern California School of Law.[2]

Career

  • 2011-2021: Judge, Superior Court of Los Angeles County
  • 1995-2011: Partner, Bensinger Ritt Tai and Thvedt
  • 1991-1995: Associate attorney, Quinn Kully and Morrow
  • 1987-1991: Deputy federal public defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California[2]

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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