Kathleen Butz
| Kathleen Butz | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| California Third District Court of Appeal | |
| Title: | Justice |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Gov. Gray Davis |
| Active: | 2003-2023 |
| Past post: | Superior Court of Nevada County |
| Past term: | 2001-2002 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | June 21, 1950 |
| Home State: | California |
| Bachelors: | UC Davis, 1972 |
| Law School: | UC Davis School of Law, 1981 |
Kathleen Butz is a judge on the Third District of the California Courts of Appeal. She was appointed by then-Governor Davis and took office on October 15, 2003.[1] She was retained in 2010.[2]
Education
Kathleen Butz graduated from the University of California at Davis in 1972. She worked at this school in the School of Engineering and Shields Library for a few years. She then earned her law degree from King Hall School of Law (UC Davis) in 1981. [1]
Legal career
From 1982 to 1996, Kathleen Butz practiced private law in Nevada City, California. She was part of the law firms Berliner & Spiller and Spiller, McProud, Butz & Kraemer. She was elected to the Nevada County Superior Court in 1996 and served as the presiding judge from 2001 to 2002. She was also the presiding judge on the Family & Juvenile Court for Nevada County and a supervising judge on the Nevada County Civil Grand Jury. She was a faculty member for the B.E. Witkin Judicial College of California and the California Center for Judicial Education and Research.[1][3]
Elections
2010
Butz was retained in 2010 with 69.6% of the vote. [4]
- See also: California judicial elections, 2010
External links
- California Courts of Appeal website
- Profile from the League of Women Voters
- Profile from Appellate Law.net
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