Loretta Murphy Begen

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Loretta Murphy Begen
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Superior Court of Stanislaus County
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends
2019

Education
Bachelor's
Loyola Marymount University, 1980
Law
Southwestern University School of Law, 1984


Loretta Murphy Begen is a judge for the Superior Court of Stanislaus County in California. She was appointed to the Stanislaus County Municipal Court in May 1993. Begen was elevated to the Superior Court in July 1998 upon court unification. Begen was re-elected in 2012 and her current term will expire in 2019.[1][2]

Education

Begen received a bachelor's degree from Loyola Marymount University in 1980 and a J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law in 1984.[2]

Career

  • 1998-2019: Judge, Superior Court of Stanislaus County
  • 1993-1998: Judge, Stanislaus County Municipal Court
  • 1986-1993: Deputy district attorney, Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office
  • 1985-1986: Attorney in private practice
  • 1984-1985: Law clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit Judge Robert R. Beezer
  • 1982-1984: Judicial assistant to U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit Senior Judge Stanely N. Barnes
  • 1980-1982: Paralegal, Law Offices of Miriam Lavenda Latt[2]

2012 election

Begen 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, she was automatically re-elected.[3]

See also: California judicial elections, 2012

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