Patricia Bigelow

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Patricia Bigelow
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Current Court Information:
California Second District Court of Appeal
Title:   Presiding Justice
Position:   Division Eight
Service:
Appointed by:   Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Active:   2008-2019
Chief:   2010-2019
Past post:   Superior Court of Los Angeles County Judge
Past term:   1998-2008
Personal History
Bachelors:   California State University - Fullerton
Law School:   Pepperdine University

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Patricia "Tricia" A. Bigelow is the presiding justice of Division Eight of the Second District Court of Appeal in California. She was appointed to this court by Governor Schwarzenegger on May 16, 2008[1] and nominated by him to be the division’s presiding justice on December 29, 2009. [2] She was officially elevated to presiding justice on February 8, 2010. [3] Her current term expires on January 7, 2019. She was retained in 2010.[4]

Education

Bigelow graduated from California State University, Fullerton and received her law degree from Pepperdine University.[5]

Legal career

Judge Bigelow was a deputy attorney general from 1986 to 1995. She was then appointed to the Los Angeles Municipal Court, where she served until 1998, when she was promoted to the Los Angeles Superior Court. She served there until 2008, when she was appointed to the Court of Appeals.[5]

Elections

2010

Bigelow was retained with 70.9% of the vote in 2010. [6]

See also: California judicial elections, 2010

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