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Kim Garlin Dunning

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Kim Garlin Dunning
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Prior offices:
Superior Court of Orange County
Years in office: 1997 - 2019

Education
Bachelor's
Stanford University, 1972
Law
Southern Methodist University, 1977


Kim Garlin Dunning is a former presiding judge for the Superior Court of Orange County in California, serving from 1997 to 2019. She was appointed by former governor Pete Wilson in 1997 to succeed Jean Rheinheimer.[1][2] Dunning retired from the court in 2019.[3]

Education

Dunning received a bachelor's degree from Stanford University in 1972 and a J.D. from Southern Methodist University in 1977.[4]

Career

  • 1997-2019: Judge, Superior Court of Orange County
  • 1996-1997: Attorney, Ramsey & Johnson
  • 1983-1995: Senior research attorney for Associate Justice Thomas F. Crosby, 4th District Court of Appeal
  • 1982-1982: Deputy city attorney, Santa Ana, California
  • 1981-1981: Attorney, Murtaugh, Hatcher & Miller
  • 1978-1980: Attorney, Morris, Polich & Purdy[4]

Court of Appeal bid

In 2009, Dunning was under consideration for appointment to the California Courts of Appeal. Her name was forwarded to the State Bar Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.[5]

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