- Occupation: Attorney
 - Partner with KIRK & SIMAS law firm in Santa Maria
 - University of Notre Dame graduate - Bachelors
 - Santa Clara University - Juris Doctorate/MBA
 - Director Santa Maria Breakfast Rotary
 - County Human Services Commissioner  97-2000
 - President Northern Santa Barbara County Bar. Assoc. (past)
  
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Top Priorities if Elected |   
- Judges should have a public servant attitude, balance and ethics.
 - Your elected judge should be a great judge in the courtroom and active in your monthly countywide judges' meetings.
 - Judges should be able to make the "hard call" without divorcing themselves from appropriate community involvement.
  
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- The retiring Superior Court Judge Barbara Beck
 - Sitting Judges Garcia, Melville, Jennings, Staffel, &  Lewellen (retired)
 - The entire City Council of Santa Maria & 4th & 5th District Supervisors
  
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