Wednesday: Judgepedia's "Federal Courts, Empty Benches" Update →Dennis Perluss
| Dennis Perluss | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| California Second District Court of Appeal | |
| Title: | Presiding Justice |
| Position: | Division Seven |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Gov. Gray Davis |
| Active: | 2001-2015 |
| Chief: | 2003-2015 |
| Past post: | Superior Court of Los Angeles County Judge |
| Past term: | 1999-2001 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | May 12, 1948 |
| Home State: | California |
| Bachelors: | Stanford University, 1970 |
| Law School: | Harvard University, 1973 |
Dennis M. Perluss is the Presiding Justice of Division Seven of the Second District Court of Appeal in California. He was appointed by then-Governor Davis, taking his oath of office on October 22, 2001. He was retained by voters in the November 5, 2002 election and became Presiding Justice on January 10, 2003.[1] His current term ends on January 5, 2015.[2]
Education
Dennis Perluss graduated from Stanford in 1970 and received his law degree from Harvard in 1973. [3]
Legal career
Dennis Perluss worked as a law clerk for Shirley Hufstedler, a Judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, from 1973 to 1974. After this, he was a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart. From 1975 to 1999, he was an attorney for law firms Hufstedler & Kaus and Morrison & Foerster. He was then appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, where he served until 2001.[3][4][5]
External links
- California Courts of Appeal website
- Profile from the League of Women Voters
- Profile from Appellate Law.net
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