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Yvette M. Palazuelos
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2000 - Present
2027
25
Yvette M. Palazuelos is a judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California. She assumed office in 2000. Her current term ends on January 4, 2027.
Palazuelos won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California outright in the primary on March 3, 2020, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Elections
2020
Incumbent Yvette M. Palazuelos was the only candidate to file and won the position by default when the election was canceled.
2014
See also: California judicial elections, 2014
Palazuelos ran for re-election to the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
As an unopposed incumbent, she was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot.
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Education
Palazuelos received a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and a J.D. from Columbia University.[2]
Career
- 2000-2021: Judge, Superior Court of Los Angeles County
- 1990-2000: Assistant attorney, United States Attorney's Office[3]
Noteworthy cases
Concert promoter not guilty in Michael Jackson wrongful death lawsuit
Michael Jackson's family lost a $1.5 billion negligence lawsuit against AEG Live, the promoter for Jackson's comeback tour. The tour was brought to an abrupt end before it even began when the "King of Pop" died in 2009. Dr. Conrad Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011 when a coroner's report found that Jackson had died from an overdose of a drug administered by the doctor. Jackon's mother, Katherine Jackson filed the negligence lawsuit, claiming that AEG Live was responsible for hiring an incompetent doctor.
The trial was presided over by Judge Palazuelos and lasted 21 weeks. The jurors ruled in favor of AEG.[4][5]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Yvette M. Palazuelos did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk: Candidate list for 6/3/2014 primary election, accessed March 17, 2014
- ↑ Yvette M. Palazuelos Judge Profile
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpr - ↑ NBC News Channel 4, "Michael Jackson Family Loses $1.5B Lawsuit Against Concert Promoter," October 3, 2013
- ↑ Star Tribune, "Courtroom 'appearances' by Jackson should diminish after trial gave intimate look at singer," October 3, 2013 (dead link)
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