Therese M. Stewart

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Therese M. Stewart
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California 1st District Court of Appeal Division 2
Tenure

2014 - Present

Term ends

2035

Years in position

10

Compensation

Base salary

$264,542

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Appointed

2014

Education

Bachelor's

Cornell University, 1978

Law

University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1981

Contact

Therese M. Stewart is a judge for Division 2 of the California 1st District Court of Appeal. She assumed office in 2014. Her current term ends on January 8, 2035.

Stewart ran for re-election for the Division 2 judge of the California 1st District Court of Appeal. She won in the retention election on November 8, 2022.

Stewart was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown on June 28, 2014, to replace James Lambden. She was confirmed by the California Commission on Judicial Appointments on July 17. Stewart is the first openly lesbian justice to serve on the California Courts of Appeal.[1][2]

She was retained by voters in 2014.[3][4]

Biography

Education

Stewart received her B.A. from Cornell University in 1978 and her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 1981.[1][5]

Career

  • 1982-1988: Associate

Awards and associations

Awards

  • 2013: Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, American Bar Association - Commission on Women in the Profession[6]
  • 2010: Ten Lawyers Who Shaped a Decade, Daily Journal
  • 2009: California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year (CLAY) Awards - Civil Rights, California Bar Journal[7]
  • Champion of Justice Award, Bar Association of San Francisco Foundation[8]

Associations

  • Past president & board member, Bar Association of San Francisco
  • Past board of directors, Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center
  • Past board of directors, Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom
  • Past board of directors, Historical Society of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • Past member, American Bar Association’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Commission
  • Past board of directors, Northern District of California Delegation to the Ninth Circuit[9]

Elections

2022

See also:  California intermediate appellate court elections, 2022

California 1st District Court of Appeal Division 2, Therese M. Stewart's seat

Therese M. Stewart was retained to Division 2 of the California 1st District Court of Appeal on November 8, 2022 with 80.3% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
80.3
 
1,184,234
No
 
19.7
 
290,036
Total Votes
1,474,270

2014

Stewart was retained to the First District Court of Appeal with 77.4 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [4] 

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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