Beth Jordan

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Beth Jordan

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Superior Court of Marin County
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends

2018

Elections and appointments
Appointed

November 2, 2017

Education

Bachelor's

University of California, Los Angeles

Law

University of California, Berkeley

Personal
Profession
Attorney


Beth Jordan is a judge on the Superior Court of Marin County in California. She was appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on November 2, 2017.[1]

Jordan ran for election to the Marin County Superior Court in 2016. She was defeated in the primary election on June 7, 2016

Biography

Jordan received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Jordan worked in private practice from 1985 until her judicial appointment in 2017. She was a partner at Greene Jordan Taubman and Dias LLP from 2010 to 2017, a partner at Greene and Jordan from 2003 to 2010, and a sole practitioner from 2000 to 2003.[1]

Elections

2016

See also: California local trial court judicial 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. The following candidates ran in the election for Office 2 of the Marin County Superior Court.[2]

Marin County Superior Court Judge, Office #2, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Sheila Lichtblau 21.38% 16,674
Green check mark transparent.png Michael Coffino 20.55% 16,028
Nicole Pantaleo 16.62% 12,962
Thomas McCallister 15.88% 12,387
Beth Jordan 6.76% 5,273
Nancy McCarthy 6.50% 5,069
Otis Bruce 6.34% 4,948
David Shane 3.26% 2,542
Renee Marguerite Marcelle 2.47% 1,923
Write-in votes 0.26% 200
Total Votes 78,006
Source: Marin County Registrar of Voters, "Official election results," accessed October 21, 2016

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]

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