Sharon L. Kalemkiarian
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Sharon L. Kalemkiarian
Superior Court of San Diego County
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends
2029
Elections and appointments
Education
Sharon L. Kalemkiarian is a judge of the Superior Court of San Diego County in California. Her current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Kalemkiarian won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of San Diego County in California outright in the primary on June 7, 2022, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Kalemkiarian was appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on December 12, 2014.[1]
Education
Kalemkiarian received a bachelor's degree from Princeton University and a J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law.[1]
Career
Kalemkiarian was a founding member and a partner of Ashworth, Blanchet, Christenson & Kalemkiarian from 2000 until her judicial appointment in 2014. She was an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego, and served as the supervising attorney for the school's Child Advocacy Clinic. She was also the director of Project Heartbeat for four years.[1]
Awards and associations
- Member, San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board
- Past fellow, Legal Aid Society of San Diego[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in San Diego County, California (2022)
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Sharon L. Kalemkiarian (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
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 Sharon L. Kalemkiarian ran unopposed in the election for Office 42 of the San Diego County Superior Court.[2]
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]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sharon L. Kalemkiarian did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 San Diego Union-Tribune, "Family law attorney named as judge," December 12, 2014
- ↑ San Diego County, CA, "Candidate List," accessed April 9, 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
