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Sam Ohta
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2000 - Present
2031
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Sam Ohta is a judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California. He assumed office in 2000. His current term ends on January 6, 2031.
Ohta won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California outright in the primary on March 5, 2024, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Biography
Education
Ohta received a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1985 and a J.D. from Loyola Law School in 1989.[1]
Career
- 2012-Present: Adjunct assistant professor of law, Glendale University College of Law
- 2000-Present: Judge, Superior Court of Los Angeles County
- 1998-2000: Judge, Los Angeles Municipal Court
- 1994-1998: Deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
- 1991-1994: Deputy city attorney, Los Angeles City Attorney's Office
- Prior to 1991: Associate, Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2024)
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Sam Ohta (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ohta in this election.
2018
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Sam Ohta (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
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.[2][3][4][5]
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.[2]
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.[2]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[2]
2012
Ohta ran for re-election to the superior court in 2012. As an unopposed incumbent, his name did not appear on the ballot. After the primary election, Ohta was automatically re-elected.[6]
- See also: California judicial elections, 2012
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sam Ohta did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Glendale University Faculty Profiles
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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
- ↑ Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder, Presidential Primary Election 6/5/2012
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
