Full Biography for James D. Ward

Candidate for
Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 4 Division 2

Position

Justice - Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division Two
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Personal

Born 1935 - Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Married 42 years - Carole J. Ward - three children, two grandchildren

Resident Riverside County - 38 years

Military - U.S. Army Reserve - 1958-1964

Educational Background

B.A., University of South Dakota, 1957

J.D., University of San Francisco, 1959

Studied at University of Oslo, Norway, and University of Vienna, Austria 1953-1954

Judicial Education Courses: National Judicial College, Reno; New York University; California Judicial Education and Research (CJER)

Miscellaneous Continuing Education of the Bar courses

Miscellaneous non-legal extension courses at University of California, Riverside

Professional Background

Deputy District Attorney, Riverside County - 1960-1961

Law firm of Badger, Schulte & Ward - general practice - 1961-1964

Law firm of Thompson & Colegate - civil litigation practice - media litigation - 1964-1993

Judge - Riverside Superior Court - civil trial assignment - 1993-1996

Associate Justice - Court of Appeal - 1996-date

Professional Activities

Current

California Judges Association (past Chair - Public Information & Education Committee)

American Board of Trial Advocates

Riverside County Bar Association Past Presidents Club (Founder)

First Amendment Coalition

State Bar Committee to Evaluate JNE Commission (Chair) Judicial Council Task Force on Jury Instructions Vice-Chair)

Judicial Council Task Force on Quality of Judicial Service (Vice-Chair)

Inland Empire Response to Criticism Committee - California Juges Association (Chair)

Past

Board of Governors - State Bar of California (Vice-President)

Joint State Bar Judicial Council Commission on Discovery (Chair)

Judicial Nominees Evaluation Commission (Chair)

Ninth Circuit Judicial Council Lawyer Representative

American Judicature Society - (Board of Directors)

Riverside County Bar Association (President)

Judicial Council Select Committee on Judicial Retirement

Editorial Board - California Lawyer magazine

Association of So. Calif. Defense Counsel

Conference of Delegates of State Bar Executive Committee

Riverside Barristers (Secretary & Vice-President)

Legal Aid Society - Community Legal Services (Board of Directors)

State Bar Administrative Committee (Attorney Discipline)

Lawyer Reference Service (Board of Directors)

Tel-Law (Board of Directors)

Estate Planning Council of Riverside

Statewide Consortium on Court Delay Reduction

Federal Magistrate Selection Committee (Chair)

Leo Deegan Inns of Court (Founding Committee)

Judge Pro Tem - Riverside Municipal and Superior Courts

Arbitrator - American Arbitration Association

Pro Tem Mediator - Court of Appeal

Testified as an expert on issues of professional competence, attorneys fees and other matters in Riverside, San Bernardino, and Orange Counties

Chapter author of book - Civil Discovery Practice, California

Continuing Education of the Bar

Author of articles in statewide publications, both legal and nonlegal

Author of op-ed pieces in Riverside and San Bernardino newspapers

Professional Honors and Awards

Riverside County Bar Association Distinguished Service Award

Argued and won two cases before United States Supreme Court, Press Enterprise v. Superior Court (I) 464 U.S. 501, Press Enterprise v. Superior Court (II) 478 U.S. 1

Executive Committee Conference of Delegates Alumni of the Year

Legal Secretaries Association King Boss Award

Listed in numerous "vanity" publications - Best Lawyers in U.S., Who's Who in West, Who's Who in American Law, etc.

California State Assembly Resolution & Award

Riverside Downtown Partnership (Chamber of Commerce) - Chairman's Award

Community Activities

Current

UCRLAW - (Founder and Chair)

Citizens Unversity Committee (President)

Riverside Community Hospital Founder's Club

Frank Miller Club - Mission Inn

Ad hoc committee to establish Federal District Court in the Inland Empire

Victoria Avenue Forever

Past

Riverside Community Hospital Board of Directors

University of California, Riverside Foundation Board

Riverside County Historical, Commission (Vice-Chair)

Riverside Opera Association (President)

Riverside/University Area Kiwanis (President)

Kiwanis District Lt. Governor

Teaching/Educational Activities

Instructor - New Judges Orientation - California Judicial Education and Research (CJER)

Seminar leader, Judges College (CJER)

Adjunct professor - University of California, Riverside - legal research/writing, moot court

Adjunct professor - LaVerne Law School

Panelist, Continuing Education of the Bar - California Discovery Act

Lecturer - legal ethics - Riverside County Bar Association

Guest lecturer - law & media - UCLA and UCR

Panelist and speaker for numerous other legal and civic groups

Publications

Chapter Author, Civil Discovery Practice, California Continuing Education of the Bar

"To the U.S. Supreme Court and Back," Statewide Bench/Bar/Media Newsletter, July 1987

"An Insider's View of the Civil Discovery Act of 1986," Litigation in Brief

"Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation (JNE)," The Legal Secretary, February 1989

Book reviews - California Lawyer Magazine

Miscellaneous articles - Riverside County Bar Bulletin

Miscellaneous op-ed pieces, Riverside Press-Enterprise, San Bernardino Sun

"To Sell a Valentine" The Thoroughbred of California, July 1978

"A Girl, A Horse, A Father" Horseplay magazine, March 1981

"To Catch a Prince" Air California magazine, January 1978

"Destination Cabo" Pacific Skipper magazine, December 1979