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Therese Foley

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Therese Foley
Superior Court of Kern County
Tenure
2018 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
8

Elections and appointments
Last election
March 3, 2020
Appointed
November 29, 2018
Education
Bachelor's
Santa Clara University
Law
University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law

Therese Foley is a judge of the Superior Court of Kern County in California. Foley assumed office in 2018. Foley's current term ends on January 4, 2027.

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

Education

Foley obtained a B.A. from Santa Clara University and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.[1]

Career

  • 2018-present: Judge, Superior Court of Kern County, California
  • 2010: Deputy county counsel, Office of the Kern County Counsel
  • 2008-2009: Law clerk to Magistrate Judge Theresa Goldner, United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
  • 2002: Deputy child support attorney, Kern County Department of Child Support Services
  • 2001: Patients' rights advocate, Kern County Department of Mental Health
  • 1998-1999: Deputy county counsel, Office of the Mendocino County Counsel
  • 1993: Deputy county counsel, Office of the Kern County Counsel
  • 1989-2018: Sole practitioner
  • 1981-1989: Law Office of Gene R. McMurtrey
    • 1988-1989: Partner
    • 1981-1988: Associate
  • 1977-1981: Associate, Robert D. Wenzel, Adams, Ball, Wenzel and Kilian[1]

Elections

2020

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

Incumbent Therese Foley was the only candidate to file and won the position by default when the election was canceled.

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Therese Foley did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

See also


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Footnotes

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