Mark Forcum (California)
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Mark R. Forcum was a judge for the Superior Court of San Mateo County in California. He was first elected to the court in 1992 and retired from the court in 2019.
Forcum is a director of the Alliance of California Judges.[1]
Education
Forcum graduated from Yale Law School.[2]
Career
- 1992-2019: Judge, Superior Court of San Mateo County
- 1987-1992: Judge, San Mateo County Municipal Court
- 1981-1987: Attorney, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen
- 1980-1981: Deputy District Attorney, San Mateo County[2]
Elections
2016
California held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. There was a primary on June 7, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was March 31, 2016. A total of 351 seats were up for election. Incumbent Mark R. Forcum ran unopposed in the election for Office 1 of the San Mateo County Superior Court.[3]
| San Mateo County Superior Court Judge, Office #1, 2016 | ||
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| Candidate | ||
 Mark R. Forcum Incumbent | ||
2010
- See also: California judicial elections, 2010
Forcum was re-elected to a six-year term.[4]
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.[5][6][7][8]
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.[5]
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.[5]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[5]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Alliance of California Judges, "List of Directors"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Recorder, "Judicial Profiles"
- ↑ San Mateo County, CA, "Roster of Candidates," accessed April 9, 2016
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedros - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 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
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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
