Kathryn Werdegar
| Kathryn Werdegar | |
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| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office June 3, 1994[1] | |
| Nominated by | Pete Wilson |
| Preceded by | Edward Panelli |
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| Born | April 5, 1936 San Francisco |
| Alma mater | UC Berkeley George Washington University |
Kathryn Mickle Werdegar (born April 5, 1936) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California. She was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Pete Wilson in 1994. She was retained by the electorate in November 2002, with 74.1% percent of the vote.[2] She earned her B.A. with honors at the University of California, Berkeley and then attended the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) before completing her law degree at the George Washington University Law School, where she graduated first in her class.
The Center for Public Integrity reported that Werdegar ruled in a case involving Wells Fargo & Co., a corporation in which she owned "between $100,001 and $1 million in stock." The Center reported that Werdegar "denied an appeal to a couple who accused Wells Fargo of predatory lending and unlawful foreclosure." [3]
The judge responded through California Supreme Court spokesman Cathal Conneely, the Center reported. "The justice regrets the error and thanks you for bringing it to her attention."
"The Supreme Court is reexamining its internal conflict of interest procedures to prevent similar errors in the future," Conneely said.
References
- ↑ Bowen, Debra, Justices of the California Supreme Court (PDF), California Secretary of State, retrieved 2010-11-23
- ↑ smartvoter.org
- ↑ "Justices ruled on their own financial interests" By Reity O'Brien Chris Young, Kytja Weir, Chris Zubak-Skees
External links
- Biography at California Supreme Court website.
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| Preceded by Edward Panelli |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California 1994 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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