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Sheila O. Recio
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2018 - Present
2027
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Sheila O. Recio is a judge of the Superior Court of Orange County in California. Recio assumed office in 2018. Recio's current term ends on January 4, 2027.
Recio won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Orange County in California outright in the primary on March 3, 2020, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Biography
Education
Recio received an undergraduate degree from the University of California Los Angeles and a J.D. from the University of Southern California.[1]
Career
- 2018 - Present: Judge, Superior Court of Orange County
- 2005-2018: Orange County Superior Court
- 2016-2018: Commissioner
- 2005-2016: Various positions: Deputy general counsel, senior research attorney, counsel to the presiding judge
- 2000-2005: Associate, Morrison and Foerster
- 1998-2000: Research attorney, Superior Court of Los Angeles County
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]
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Orange County, California (2020)
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Sheila O. Recio (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sheila O. Recio did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Courthouse News Service, "California Gets 12 New Superior Court Judges," July 23, 2018
- ↑ 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
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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
