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Melissa Hammond
Melissa Hammond is a judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California. She assumed office on January 2, 2023. Her current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Hammond ran for election for judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Hammond completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Melissa Hammond was born in Los Angeles, California. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, San Diego in 2001, a law degree from the UCLA School of Law in 2004, and a graduate degree from New York University Law School in 2008. Her career experience includes working as an attorney and as a deputy district attorney for Los Angeles County.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2022)
General election
General election for Superior Court of Los Angeles County
Melissa Hammond defeated Carolyn Park in the general election for Superior Court of Los Angeles County on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Melissa Hammond (Nonpartisan)  | 61.7 | 1,149,236 |
 | Carolyn Park (Nonpartisan) | 38.3 | 713,333 | |
| Total votes: 1,862,569 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Superior Court of Los Angeles County
The following candidates ran in the primary for Superior Court of Los Angeles County on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Melissa Hammond (Nonpartisan) | 29.5 | 377,672 |
| ✔ | | Carolyn Park (Nonpartisan) | 22.5 | 288,424 |
 | Keith Koyano (Nonpartisan) | 17.0 | 216,998 | |
 | Georgia Huerta (Nonpartisan) | 15.1 | 193,439 | |
| Klint McKay (Nonpartisan) | 13.8 | 176,898 | ||
| Shawn Thever (Nonpartisan) | 2.1 | 26,754 | ||
| Total votes: 1,280,185 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Hammond's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Melissa Hammond completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hammond's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My candidacy has been widely endorsed. A full list of my endorsements is at www.melissahammondforjudge.com/endorsements. The LA County Bar Association has rated me “well-qualified.” I have worked in the Los Angeles Superior Court for almost 20 years, serving as a deputy district attorney who prosecutes serious and violent felonies and, before that, as a deputy public defender. At the start of my career, I practiced civil litigation, primarily handling real estate and municipal law disputes.
I am running because of my deep affection and ambition for the community of Los Angeles. My grandparents immigrated here after losing everything in the Holocaust. Los Angeles was their paradise and dream come true. Now it is where I reside, raise my own children, and where I send them to public school. I want to serve my community as best I can. I have the knowledge and experience needed to be a skilled, fair, and compassionate judge. Please vote for me for Office No. 118 on November 8, 2022.- I am fair, efficient, and intelligent.
- I have compassion for the people in my community.
- I have been rated “well qualified” by the LA County Bar Association, the only candidate in this race to attain that rating. I am endorsed by the LA Times, several local newspapers, over 70 judges, as well as numerous organizations, elected officials and law enforcement groups.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
Note: Hammond submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on September 6, 2022.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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
