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Robert L. Dondero
Robert L. Dondero was an associate justice on the California First District Court of Appeal, Division One. He was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) and sworn in on July 30, 2009[1]. He was retained by voters in 2010.[2] Dondero retired October 31, 2018.[3]
Education
Dondero received his B.A. from Santa Clara University in 1967 and his J.D. from the University of California Berkeley School of Law in 1970.[4]
Career
Dondero served as a San Francisco Superior Court Judge from 1992 until Governor Schwarzenegger nominated him to First District Court of Appeal in 2009. From 1978 to 1992 he was an assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California and from 1971 to 1978 he was a San Francisco deputy district attorney.[5]
Awards
- 2009: St. Thomas More Award, St. Thomas More Society
- 2006: Judge of the Year, Italian American Bar Association
- 2005: Trial Judge of the Year, San Francisco Barristers Association
- 2004: Trial Judge of the Year, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association[4]
Elections
2010
- Main article: California judicial elections, 2010
He was retained with 73.5% of the vote.[6]
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Superior Court of California, "News Release," June 19, 2009
- ↑ California Secretary of State: Justices of the California Courts of Appeal
- ↑ Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., "Governor Brown Appoints 5 Court of Appeal Justices," October 26, 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 California Courts, "Judge Robert L. Dondero biography," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ Metropolitan News-Enterprise, ""Governor Names Chaney, Johnson to C.A.," June 12, 2009"
- ↑ California Secretary of State, November 2, 2010 Official Results
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