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Sergio C. Tapia
Sergio C. Tapia is a judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California. He assumed office in 2013. His current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Tapia won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California outright in the primary on June 7, 2022, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Tapia was appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on December 5, 2013, to replace retired judge Jan Greenberg Levine.[1]
Education
Tapia received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley and his J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law.[1]
Career
- 2013-Present: Judge, Superior Court of Los Angeles County
- 2001-2013: Senior trial attorney and deputy alternate public defender, Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defender’s Office
- 2012-2013: Deputy in charge of central trial support and coordinator of new felony attorney training
- 2009-2011: Assistant deputy in charge of the Alhambra and Long Beach Branch offices
- 1997-2001: Deputy public defender at the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office
- 1996-1997: Staff attorney and AmeriCorps fellow, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles[1]
Awards and associations
- Board of Directors, Mexican American Bar Association
- Board of Directors, California Rural Legal Assistance Inc.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2022)
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Sergio C. Tapia (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2016
California held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. There was a primary on June 7, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was March 31, 2016. A total of 351 seats were up for election. Incumbent Sergio C. Tapia ran unopposed in the election for Office 68 of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.[2]
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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, he or she is declared the winner; if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff between the top two candidates is held during the November general election.[3][4][5][6]
If an incumbent judge is running unopposed in an election, his or her name does not appear on the ballot. The judge is automatically re-elected following the general election.[3]
The chief judge of any given superior court is selected by peer vote of the court's members. He or she serves in that capacity for one or two years, depending on the county.[3]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[3]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sergio C. Tapia did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., "Governor Brown Appoints Eight to Los Angeles County Superior Court," December 5, 2013
- ↑ Los Angeles County, CA, "Candidate Filing Report," accessed April 5, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: California," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Safeguarding California's judicial election process," August 21, 2011
- ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8203," accessed May 21, 2014
- ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8140-8150," accessed May 21, 2014
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Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California
State courts:
California Supreme Court • California Courts of Appeal • California Superior Courts
State resources:
Courts in California • California judicial elections • Judicial selection in California