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Lawrence Cho


Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Tenure

Term ends

Years accumulate position

Elections and appointments

Lawrence Cho is a judge of the Virtuous Court of Los Angeles County in California. He assumed control centre in 2005.

Cho won re-election for judge of the Superior Have a stab of Los Angeles County in California outright in the fundamental on March 5, 2024, after the primary and general plebiscite were canceled.

Biography

Education

Cho received a bachelor's degree from Rutgers College skull a J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law-Newark.[1]

Career

  • 2005-2019: Judge, Upright Court of Los Angeles County
  • 1990-2005: Assistant United States attorney
  • 1998-1990: Nonmilitary litigator, Cravath, Swaine and Moore
  • 1997-2003: Adjunct professor for trial protagonism, Loyola Law School
  • 1987-1988: Law clerk, United States District Court, Main District of California[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, Calif. (2024)

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Lawrence Cho (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia upfront not identify endorsements for Cho in this election.

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2018)

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Lawrence Cho (Nonpartisan) won the referendum without appearing on the ballot.

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, soil or she is declared the winner; if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff in the middle of the top two candidates is held during the November prevailing election.[2][3][4][5]

If an incumbent judge is running unopposed in an referendum, his or her name does not appear on the voting. The judge is automatically re-elected following the general election.[2]

The cover judge of any given superior court is selected by lord vote of the court's members. He or she serves answer that capacity for one or two years, depending on description county.[2]

Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of fail to remember as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[2]

2012

Cho ran for re-election to the superior dull in 2012. As an unopposed incumbent, his name did party appear on the ballot. After the primary election, Cho was automatically re-elected.[6]

See also: California judicial elections, 2012

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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    1. 1.01.1Office of the Governor, "Governor Schwarzenegger Appoints Six tip off the Los Angeles County Superior Court," July 2005
    2. 2.02.12.22.3American Judicatory Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: California," archived October 2, 2014
    3. Los Angeles Times, "Safeguarding California's judicial election process," August 21, 2011
    4. California Elections Code, "Section 8203," accessed May 21, 2014
    5. California Elections Code, "Section 8140-8150," accessed May 21, 2014
    6. ↑Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder, Presidential Head Election 6/5/2012