Ronald Evans Quidachay
Ronald Evans Quidachay was a judge for the Superior Court of San Francisco in California. He was appointed to the San Francisco Municipal Court in 1983 by Governor Jerry Brown, and was elevated to the superior court upon court unification in 1998.[1][2] Quidachay retired June 27, 2018.[3]
Education
Quidachay received a bachelor's degree from San Francisco State University in 1970 and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law in 1973.[4]
Career
- 1998-2018: Judge, Superior Court of San Francisco
- 1983-1998: Judge, San Francisco Municipal Court
- 1981-1983: Traffic referee, San Francisco Municipal Court
- 1980-1981: Partner, Lenvin, Gesmer & Quidachay
- 1977-1980: Attorney, San Francisco City Attorney's Office
- 1974-1977: Attorney, San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation[4]
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 Ronald Evans Quidachay ran unopposed in the election for Seat 11 of the San Francisco County Superior Court.
| San Francisco County Superior Court Judge, Seat #11, 2016 | ||
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| Candidate | ||
 Ronald Evans Quidachay Incumbent | ||
2010
- See also: California judicial elections, 2010
Quidachay was re-elected to a six-year term.[5]
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.[6][7][8][9]
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.[6]
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.[6]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[6]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ City and County of San Francisco Department of Elections, "Local Elected Officials"
- ↑ SF Gate, "A judge who went from activist to S.F. jurist," May 9, 2003
- ↑ FBANC, "FBANC congratulates Judge Ronald Evans Quidachay on his retirement," July 17, 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ronald Evans Quidachay Judicial Biography, accessed June 11, 2014
- ↑ California Courts, "Trial Courts Roster," accessed November 11, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 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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