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Joseph C. Scott

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Joseph C. Scott

Superior Court of San Mateo County

Tenure

Present officeholder

Term ends

2022

Elections and appointments

Education


Joseph C. Scott is a judge for the Superior Court of San Mateo County in California. He was appointed to the court by former Democratic Governor Gray Davis in 2003.[1][2]

Education

Scott graduated from the University of California-Hastings College of Law.[2]

Career

  • 2003-Present: Judge, Superior Court of San Mateo County
  • 1991-2003: Judge pro tempore, Traffic and Small Claims courts
  • 1983-2003: Arbitrator, San Mateo County superior and municipal courts
  • 1977-1983: Attorney, Eshoo, Scott and Sullivan (previously Eshoo, Dubois and Scott)[2]

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. Incumbent Joseph C. Scott ran unopposed in the election for Office 4 of the San Mateo County Superior Court.[3]

San Mateo County Superior Court Judge, Office #4, 2016
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png Joseph C. Scott Incumbent

2010

See also: California judicial elections, 2010

Scott was re-elected to the Superior Court of San Mateo County for a six-year term.[1]

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.[4][5][6][7]

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.[4]

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.[4]

Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[4]

Noteworthy events

Judge arrested for DUI (2014)

See also: Politicians convicted of DUI

On May 24, 2014, Scott was arrested on DUI charges in Redwood City, California, and was later released at the scene.[8] Police reports showed that Scott's blood alcohol level at the time of his arrest was 0.12 percent, above the maximum limit of 0.08 percent.[9] On September 24, 2014, Scott was convicted of the DUI charge following his plea of no contest, and was sentenced to threes years of probation and ordered to complete a First Offender program.[10] On December 30, 2014, Scott was publicly admonished by the California Commission on Judicial Performance for his "unlawful action...[which] evidences a serious disregard of the principles of personal and official conduct embodied in the California Code of Judicial Ethics."[11] The full admonishment can be read here.

See also

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 California Courts, "Trial Court Roster," accessed May 1, 2015
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Recorder, "Joseph Scott," April 1, 2013
  3. ↑ San Mateo County, CA, "Roster of Candidates," accessed April 9, 2016
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: California," archived October 2, 2014
  5. ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Safeguarding California's judicial election process," August 21, 2011
  6. ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8203," accessed May 21, 2014
  7. ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8140-8150," accessed May 21, 2014
  8. ↑ Mercury News, "San Mateo County judge arrested on DUI charges," June 10, 2014
  9. ↑ California DMV, "Driving Under the Influence," accessed November 10, 2015
  10. ↑ San Jose Mercury News, "San Mateo County judge convicted of DUI admonished by judicial commission," December 31, 2014
  11. ↑ State of California Commission on Judicial Performance, "Public admonishment of Judge Joseph Scott," December 30, 2014