Paul D. Seeman
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Paul D. Seeman was a judge for the Superior Court of Alameda County in California. He was appointed to the court by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2009 and won election unopposed in 2010. He resigned in March 2013, while facing criminal charges (see below), and was later replaced by Ursula Jones Dickson.[1][2]
Noteworthy events
Theft charges (2012)
In June 2012, felony charges as a result of a two-year investigation were filed against Judge Seeman. He was accused of one count of elder theft and eleven counts of perjury, for allegedly embezzling money from an elderly neighbor for whom he had control of financial assets.[3][4]
Prosecutors later decided that most of the money that he had been originally accused of stealing was connected to a legitimate probate sale for his neighbor.[5]
Seeman was sentenced in August 2013. He entered a plea of no contest in response to the charges that he improperly received a $250,000 loan (which he did repay) and stole approximately $6,000. He admitted to breaching his fiduciary duties as it related to his former clients, Paul and Anne Nutting. He also admitted that he continued to steal from Anne Nutting once he became a judge and that he had lied to the Department of Motor Vehicles and used public employees to access DMV records improperly. He was later disbarred.[2]
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Footnotes
- ↑ California Courts, "Trial Court Roster"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Metropolitan News-Enterprise, "Former Alameda Judge Paul Seeman Censured and Barred From Receiving Judicial Assignments," December 17, 2013
- ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Judge accused of elder theft admitted 'mistake', August 1, 2013
- ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Paul Seeman, accused judge, resigns," March 21, 2013
- ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Ex-judge accused of scamming neighbor barred from office," December 16, 2013
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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
