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Laura Ellison
Laura Conway Ellison is a judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California. Her current term ends on January 6, 2031.
Ellison won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California outright in the primary on March 5, 2024, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Biography
Ellison earned her B.A. from California State University at Los Angeles and her J.D. from Loyola Marymount University.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2024)
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Laura Conway Ellison (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ellison in this election.
2018
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Laura Conway Ellison (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
- See also: California judicial elections, 2012
Ellison ran for re-election to the superior court in 2012, but as an unopposed incumbent, her name did not appear on the ballot. She was automatically re-elected after the primary election.[6]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Laura Conway Ellison did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Noteworthy cases
Larry Delassus versus Wachovia Mortgage-Wells Fargo
Larry Delassus owned a condo in Hermosa Beach, California. In 2010, Wells Fargo sent him a letter, saying they had paid two years of late property taxes ($13,361.90) on his behalf in order to keep his Wells Fargo mortgage afloat; the bank demanded that Delassus pay them back. Wells Fargo doubled his mortgage payment from $1,237.69 to $2,429.13 to recover the tax amount. In truth, Delassus was actually six months ahead of his tax payments to Los Angeles County, and Wells Fargo erred because the $13,361.90 was owed by Delassus' neighbor, whose property's "parcel number" differed by Delassus' by only two digits. Even after the bank admitted its error, Wells Fargo foreclosed on Delassus and sold his condo on May 13, 2011 - the day Delassus was released from the hospital for a medical condition.
On December 18, 2012, Judge Ellison indicated that she intended to side with Wells Fargo in a summary judgment.
On December 19, 2012, inside Ellison's Torrance courtroom, as Delassus' attorney was arguing his case, Delassus died of a major heart attack; the disabled Navy veteran was 62.[7][8][9]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Martindale.com, "Judge Profile: Laura Conway Ellison"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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
- ↑ Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder, Presidential Primary Election 6/5/2012
- ↑ Jessica Ogilvie, "Wells Fargo Typo Victim Dies in Court", L.A. Weekly News, March 7, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ↑ Abby Ohlheiser, "California Man Loses Home to Wells Fargo Typo, Dies During Ensuing Court Battle", Slate, March 11, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ↑ "Wells Fargo typo victim dies in court while fighting foreclosure", RT.com, March 12, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California
State courts:
California Supreme Court • California Courts of Appeal • California Superior Courts
State resources:
Courts in California • California judicial elections • Judicial selection in California
