Candidate for
California State Court of Appeal; District 3

ENDORSEMENTS

The retention of Justice Kathleen Butz is supported by law enforcement, community leaders, and civic groups, including:

LAW ENFORCEMENT

EDWARD BONNER, Sheriff, Placer County
MICHAEL BROWN, Commissioner, California Highway Patrol
ROBERT HEIDELBACH, Sheriff, San Joaquin County
WAYNE HOSE, Chief of Police, City of Stockton
JOHN McGUINNESS, Sheriff, Sacramento County
ALBERT NÁJERA, Chief of Police, City of Sacramento

ATTORNEY GENERAL AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYS

BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General of California

CARL ADAMS, Sutter County District Attorney
LARRY ALLEN, Sierra County District Attorney
KIRK ANDRUS, Siskiyou County District Attorney
JERRY BENITO, Shasta County District Attorney
GEORGE BOOTH, Mono County District Attorney
ROBERT BURNS, Lassen County District Attorney
GREGG COHEN, Tehama County District Attorney
DAVID CROSS, Trinity County District Attorney
JEFF CUNAN, Plumas County District Attorney
BRADFORD FENOCCHIO, Placer County District Attorney
MICHAEL FERGUSON, Nevada County District Attorney
JORDAN FUNK, Modoc County District Attorney
ROBERT HOLZAPFEL, Glenn County District Attorney
PATRICK McGRATH, Yuba County District Attorney
JOHN POYNER, Colusa County District Attorney
MICHAEL RAMSEY, Butte County District Attorney
WILLIAM RICHMOND, Alpine County District Attorney
TODD RIEBE, Amador County District Attorney
JAN SCULLY, Sacramento County District Attorney
JEFFREY TUTTLE, Calaveras County District Attorney
JAMES WILLETT, San Joaquin County District Attorney

OTHER PROMINENT LEGAL PROFESSIONALS AND ORGANIZATIONS

PAULINO DURAN, Public Defender, Sacramento County
FERN LAETHEM, Executive Director, Conflict Criminal Defenders, Former State Public Defender of California
BARRY MELTON, Public Defender, Yolo County
ASIAN/PACIFIC BAR ASSOCIATION OF SACRAMENTO, Darrel Woo, President
ASIAN/PACIFIC BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Mark Morodomi, President
LA RAZA LAWYERS OF SACRAMENTO, Ignacio Hernandez, President
SacLEGAL, Richard Clark and Victoria Ciganda, Co-Chairs
WILEY MANUEL BAR ASSOCIATION, Dana Flanagan McBeth, President
WOMEN LAWYERS OF SACRAMENTO, Lori T. Okun, President

PRESIDING JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS

S. WILLIAM ABEL, Presiding Judge, Colusa County
STEPHEN BRADBURY, Presiding Judge, Lassen County
DONALD BYRD, Presiding Judge, Glenn County
ROLAND CANDEE, Presiding Judge, Sacramento County
JAMES CURRY, Presiding Judge, Yuba County
ROBERT DAMRON, Presiding Judge, Sutter County
DAVID DeVORE, Presiding Judge, Alpine County
LARRY DIER, Presiding Judge, Modoc County
ANTHONY EDWARDS, Presiding Judge, Trinity County
STAN ELLER, Presiding Judge, Mono County
WILLIAM GALLAGHER, Presiding Judge, Shasta County
RICHARD GUILIANI, Presiding Judge, San Joaquin County
SUSAN HARLAN, Assistant Presiding Judge, Amador County
ANDERS HOLMER, Presiding Judge, Nevada County
STEVEN HOWELL, Presiding Judge, Butte County
IRA KAUFMAN, Presiding Judge, Plumas County
FRANCES KEARNEY, Presiding Judge, Placer County
SUZANNE KINGSBURY, Presiding Judge, El Dorado County
ROGER KOSEL, Presiding Judge, Siskiyou County
DENNIS MURRAY, Presiding Judge, Tehama County
WILLIAM PANGMAN, Presiding Judge, Sierra County
KATHLEEN WHITE, Acting Presiding Judge, Yolo County

LAW SCHOOL DEANS

ANTHONY DICCE, Lincoln Law School of Sacramento
ANTHONY MARQUEZ, Lorenzo Patiño School of Law
ELIZABETH RINDSKOPF PARKER, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
REX PERSHBACHER, University of California, Davis, School of Law
PATRICK PIGGOTT, Humphreys College, Drivon School of Law, Stockton