Paul C. Lo
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2022
Paul C. Lo is a judge for the Merced County Superior Court in California. He was appointed by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown on December 27, 2013.[1] Lo was the first Hmong-American judge to be appointed in the United States.[2][3]
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Lo earned an undergraduate degree from the University of California at Davis. He earned a J.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles, School of Law in 1994.[4]
Career
- 2013-Present: Judge, Merced County Superior Court
- 2003-2013: Attorney in private practice
- 1994-2003: Managing partner, Allen, Polgar, Proietti and Fagalde LLP[4]
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 Paul C. Lo ran unopposed in the election for Office 5 of the Merced County Superior Court.[5]
| Merced County Superior Court Judge, Office #5, 2016 | ||
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| Candidate | ||
 Paul C. Lo 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.[6][7][8][9]
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.[6]
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.[6]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[6]
See also
External links
- California Judicial Branch website
- Merced County Superior Court website
- California Courts, Trial Court Roster
Footnotes
- ↑ Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., "Governor Brown appoints Paul C. Lo to Merced County Superior Court"," December 27, 2013
- ↑ Judicial Branch of California, "Judges Roster, Trial Courts Roster," accessed January 2, 2014
- ↑ Merced Sun-Star, "First Hmong American judge in U.S. appointed in Merced County," December 27, 2013
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 ABC 30, "First Hmong American judge in U.S. appointed in Merced County," December 27, 2013
- ↑ Merced County, CA, "Contest/Candidate List," accessed April 8, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 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
