Peter H. Kirwan

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Peter H. Kirwan

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Superior Court of Santa Clara County
Tenure

2006 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

19

Elections and appointments
Last elected

March 3, 2020

Appointed

2006

Education

Bachelor's

University of California, Berkeley

Law

Santa Clara University School of Law

Peter H. Kirwan is a judge of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County in California. He assumed office in 2006. His current term ends on January 4, 2027.

Kirwan won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County in California outright in the primary on March 3, 2020, after the primary and general election were canceled.

Elections

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Santa Clara County, California (2020)

Incumbent Peter H. Kirwan was the only candidate to file and won the position by default when the election was canceled.

2014

See also: California judicial elections, 2014
Kirwan ran for re-election to the Santa Clara County Superior Court.
As an unopposed incumbent, he was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot. [1] 

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Peter H. Kirwan did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Education

Kirwan received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law.[2]

Career

  • 2006-Present: Judge, Superior Court of Santa Clara County
  • 2001-2006: Partner, Needham, Davis, Kirwan & Young
  • 1994-2001: Partner, Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel
  • 1986-1994: Associate, Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel[2]

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Footnotes

  1. Information shared via email with Santa Clara County Board of Registrars on October 23, 2014
  2. 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named pr