Vanessa W. Vallarta
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2023
Vanessa W. Vallarta is a judge for the Superior Court of Monterey County in California. She was appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on December 5, 2013, to replace Judge Adrienne M. Grover.[1] Vallarta ran unopposed for a full term in 2016, winning election automatically.
Education
Vallarta received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University and her J.D. from Stanford Law School.
Career
- 2013-Present: Judge, Superior Court of Monterey County
- 2005-2013: Salinas City attorney
- 2002-2004: Attorney in private practice
- 2000-2001: General counsel and vice president of Human Resources, Natural Selection Foods LLC
- 1995-2000: Attorney, Lombardo and Gilles LLP
- 1990-1995: Executive director and attorney, Center for Community Advocacy
- 1988-1990: Associate attorney, Heller Ehrman White and McAuliffe
- 1987-1988: Law clerk, Hon. Thomas Tang of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit[1]
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 Vanessa W. Vallarta ran unopposed in the election for Seat 11 of the Monterey County Superior Court.[2]
| Monterey County Superior Court Judge, Seat 11, 2016 | ||
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| Candidate | ||
 Vanessa W. Vallarta Incumbent | ||
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.[3][4][5][6]
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.[3]
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.[3]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[3]
See also
External links
- California Courts, "Trial Court Roster"
- The Californian, "Salinas City Attorney Vallarta appointed as judge," December 6, 2013
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., "Governor Brown Appoints Vanessa W. Vallarta to Monterey County Superior Court," December 5, 2013
- ↑ Monterey County, CA, "Candidate List," accessed April 8, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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
