Geoffrey Howard
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2022
Geoffrey Howard is a judge of the Superior Court of Marin County in California. He was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown on December 12, 2014.[1]
Education
Howard received his bachelor's degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.[1]
Career
At the time of his judicial appointment, Howard was a partner at the law firm of Morgan, Lewis and Bockius. He was a partner at Bingham McCutchen from 2002 to 2014. He was an associate at McCutchen, Doyle, Brown and Enersen from 1992 to 1998, and a partner from 1998 to 2002. He also served as an assistant district attorney in San Francisco in 1996.[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 Geoffrey Howard ran unopposed in the election for Office 5 of the Marin County Superior Court.[2]
| Marin County Superior Court Judge, Office #5, 2016 | ||
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| Candidate | ||
 Geoffrey Howard 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
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Marin News, "Governor appoints new Marin Superior Court judge," December 12, 2014
- ↑ Marin County, CA, "Candidates Not on Ballot," 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