Frank J. Menetrez
2018 - Present
2035
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Frank J. Menetrez is a judge for Division 2 of the California 4th District Court of Appeal. He assumed office in 2018. His current term ends on January 8, 2035.
Menetrez ran for re-election for the Division 2 judge of the California 4th District Court of Appeal. He won in the retention election on November 8, 2022.
On October 26, 2018, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) appointed Menetrez to a newly created position on the California Fourth District Court of Appeal.[1] The California Commission on Judicial Appointments confirmed Menetrez's nomination November 26, 2018.[2]
Menetrez was previously a judge for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California from 2015 to 2018.[3] He was appointed to the position in April 2015 by Gov. Brown to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of former Judge John Vernon Meigs.[4]
Education
Menetrez earned his B.A. from Johns Hopkins University. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. in philosophy from the University of California, Los Angeles. He earned his J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law.[4]
Career
- 2018-present: Associate justice, California Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Two
- 2015-2018: Judge, Superior Court of Los Angeles County
- 2005-2015: Appellate judicial attorney, Second District Court of Appeal
- 2004-2005: Associate, Horvitz and Levy
- 2001-2004: Attorney, Sidley Austin
- 2000-2001: Law clerk, Judge Atsushi Wallace Tashima, United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit[4]
Elections
2022
See also: California intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
California 4th District Court of Appeal Division 2, Frank J. Menetrez's seat
Frank J. Menetrez was retained to Division 2 of the California 4th District Court of Appeal on November 8, 2022 with 59.9% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
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Votes |
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| ✔ | Yes |
59.9
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1,334,574 | ||
No |
40.1
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894,453 | |||
Total Votes |
2,229,027 | ||||
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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 Frank J. Menetrez ran unopposed in the election for Office 140 of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.[5]
| Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge, Office #140, 2016 | ||
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| Candidate | ||
 Frank J. Menetrez Incumbent | ||
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.[6][7][8][9]
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.[6]
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.[6]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[6]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Frank J. Menetrez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Officeholder California 4th District Court of Appeal Division 2 |
Footnotes
- ↑ Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., "Governor Brown Appoints 5 Court of Appeal Justices," October 26, 2018
- ↑ California Courts Newsroom, "Commission Confirms Five Appointments to Courts of Appeal," November 26, 2018
- ↑ California Courts, "Trial Courts Roster," accessed April 9, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Daily Bulletin, "Claremont’s Menetrez appointed Superior Court judge," April 8, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County, CA, "Candidate Filing Report," accessed April 5, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 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
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