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Justice Connie Callahan, Court of Appeal, Third District, State of California, is supported for voter retention in the general election, November 3, 1998, by the judicial, legal, law enforcement, crime victim, education, and civic leaders in the partial list below.
 
ROBERT K. PUGLIA, Presiding Justice, Court of Appeal, Third District, State of California 
THOMAS CECIL, Presiding Judge, Superior Court, County of Sacramento 
THOMAS TEAFORD, Presiding Judge, Consolidated Courts, County of San Joaquin 
KENNETH PETERSON, Presiding Judge, Juvenile Court, County of Sacramento 
ILLA COLLIN, Chair, Board of Supervisors, County of Sacramento 
JAN SCULLY, District Attorney, County of Sacramento 
JOHN PHILLIPS, District Attorney, County of San Joaquin 
FERN LEATHEM, Public Defender, State of California 
PAULINO DURAN, Public Defender, County of Sacramento 
GLEN CRAIG, Sheriff, County of Sacramento 
BAXTER DUNN, Sheriff, County of San Joaquin 
DENNIS LOBENBERG, Commander, California Highway Patrol 
VERNE SPIERS, Chief Probation Officer, County of Sacramento 
SAMUEL JACKSON, City Attorney, City of Sacramento 
ARTURO VENEGAS, Chief of Police, City of Sacramento 
ED CHAVEZ, Chief of Police, City of Stockton 
SHIRLEY DAVID, Law Librarian, County of Sacramento 
GERTRUDES LADION, Law Librarian, County of San Joaquin
 
CRIME VICTIM LEADERS
 
MIKE REYNOLDS, Chief Proponent, Proposition 184, the Three Strikes Initiative 
CITIZENS FOR LAW AND ORDER and its President, Robert Nicholas 
COLLENE (THOMPSON) CAMPBELL, Founder, Memory of Victims Everywhere 
CRIME VICTIMS UNITED OF CALIFORNIA and its President, Harriet Salarno 
PATSY & JOHN GILLIS, Co-Chairs, Victims and Friends United 
SUSAN FISHER, Vice Chair, Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau 
PATTI TATE 
VICTIMS AND FRIENDS UNITED 
CHRISTENE WARD, Board Member, Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau 
MARCELLA LEACH, President, Justice for Homicide Victims 
GENELLE REILLEY, Vice President, Justice for Homicide Victims 
VALARIE RICHARDS, Board Member, Families and Friends of Murder Victims
 
LAW SCHOOL DEANS
 
GERALD CAPLAN, Dean, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 
REX PERSCHBACHER, Dean, School of Law, University of California, Davis 
LOREN SMITH, Dean, Lincoln Law School 
NELS B. FRANSON, Dean, Humphreys School of Law, Stockton 
LINDA E. PROAPS, Lorenzo Patiņo School of Law
 
PROMINENT LEGAL PROFESSIONALS
 
JAY GREINER, President, Sacramento County Bar Association 
DAN SCHROEDER, President, San Joaquin County Bar Association 
JERRY CHONG, Esq., Chief Legal Counsel, CAPITAL, California Asian-Pacific Islanders Together for Active Leadership, and Co-Founder of UNITY (Past President, Asian Bar Association) 
RENARD SHEPARD, Judge, Superior Court, County of Sacramento, and Co-Founder of UNITY (Past President, Wiley Manuel Bar Association) 
CLARENCE BROWN, President, Wiley Manuel Bar Association 
NANCY LEE, Past President, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association 
JESSIE MORRIS, JR., Past President, Wiley Manuel Bar Association 
ANDRES RICO, JR., Past President, La Raza Lawyers 
RUTHE ASHLEY, Past President, Asian Bar Association 
PAT JORGENSON-HART, Immediate Past President, Women Lawyers 
LILIAN SHEK, Administrative Law Judge, State of California, and Past President, Women Lawyers 
KAREN LEAF, Esq. 
ANNA OH, Esq. 
JAY-ALLEN EISEN, Esq. 
LEONARD PADILLA, Chairman of the Board, Lorenzo Patiņo School of Law 
NELLIE PATINO, Dean Emeritus, Lorenzo Patiņo School of Law 
RUSSELL MILLER, Dean of Students, Lorenzo Patiņo School of Law 
LA RAZA LAWYERS OF SACRAMENTO
 
POLITICAL, CIVIC, AND CHARITABLE LEADERS
 
Dr. SONNEY CHONG, Chair of the Council, CAPITAL, Capital Asian-Pacific Islanders Together for Active Leadership 
Dr. VAN VU, Membership Chair, CAPITAL, Capital Asian-Pacific Islanders Together for Active Leadership 
ALEX ENG, President, Chinese American Council of Sacramento 
ELEANOR CHIANG, President, Sacramento Chinese Culture Foundation 
HEDDY CHIANG, Chair, California Asian Pacific American Experiences 
TOM BHE, President, Organization of Chinese Americans 
DOREEN CHAN, Chair, Pacific Rim Street Fest 
KAREN TOMINE, Co-President, Japanese American Citizens League, Florin Chapter (Executive Director, Sacramento County Bar Association) 
GRACE KIM, Past President, Korean American Community Association of Greater Sacramento 
DWAN CHEN HSU, Past President, Organization of Chinese Americans of Greater Sacramento 
BILL WONG, President, Asian Pacific Democratic Club 
GLORIA APOLINARIO, President, Filipino American Republican Council of California 
KIM LUM, Past President, Chinese American Republicans of Sacramento 
MAMIE YEE, President, Chinese American Republicans of Sacramento 
SILAS TING, Executive Director, Golden State Physicians Group
 
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO
 
The undersigned judicial officers of the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento recognize the importance of the November 3, 1998, retention election of Justices Connie M. Callahan, Harry E. Hull, Jr., and George Nicholson.  In light of their past records of excellence, both on and off the bench, we support the retention of these appellate justices to maintain the high quality of appellate court justices in this district.
 
GERALD S. BAKARICH 
ROLAND L. CANDEE 
ESTHER CASTELLANOS 
THOMAS M. CECIL 
LLOYD G. CONNELLY 
GRETA CURTIS CROSSLAND 
ANTHONY DE CRISTOFORO, JR. 
MORRISON C.ENGLAND, JR. 
DAVID FOOS 
JAMES T. FORD 
MICHAEL T. GARCIA 
RICHARD H. GILMOUR 
JOE S. GRAY 
JEFFREY L. GUNTHER 
CHARLES C. KOBAYASHI 
DARREL W. LEWIS 
JOHN R. LEWIS 
RUDOLPH R. LONCKE 
PETER J. MC BRIEN 
PETER MERING 
JAMES I. MORRIS 
GARY S. MULLEN 
GAIL D. OHANESIAN 
RONALD B. ROBIE 
STEVEN H. RODDA 
JACK SAPUNOR 
JOHN V. STROUD 
RAOUL M. THORBOURNE 
MICHAEL S. ULLMAN 
JANE URE 
MICHAEL G. VIRGA
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