Ninth Circuit Strikes Arizona Abortion Law
While the panel was unanimous in finding that the ban on abortions after the 20th week of gestation was unconstitutional, Judge Andrew Kleinfeld wrote separately to say the current state of the law compelled him to concur.
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COURT: San Mateo County Superior
ELECTED: 1992
LAW SCHOOL: Yale Law School
PREVIOUS JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE: Judge, San Mateo County Municipal Court (1987 to 1992)
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen (1980 to 1981); deputy district attorney, San Mateo County (1981 to 1987)
AGE: 58
PLACE OF BIRTH: San Francisco
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Republican
Giorgi, Loretta
COURT: San Francisco Superior
ASSIGNMENT: Criminal trials
APPOINTED: 2006 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
LAW SCHOOL: Golden Gate University School of Law
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: Deputy city attorney, San Francisco (1985 to 2006)
AGE: 53
PLACE OF BIRTH: San Francisco
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Miram, George
COURT: San Mateo County Superior
ASSIGNMENT: Probate
APPOINTED: 1998 by Governor Pete Wilson
LAW SCHOOL: Pacific McGeorge School of Law
PREVIOUS JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE: Judge, San Mateo County Municipal Court (1995 to 1998)
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: District attorney, San Mateo County (1982 to 1985); county counsel, San Mateo County (1985 to 1995)
AGE: 57
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Scott, Joseph
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ASSIGNMENT: Assistant presiding judge
APPOINTED: 2003 by Governor Gray Davis
LAW SCHOOL: UC-Hastings College of the Law
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: Eshoo, Dubois and Scott, later Eshoo, Scott and Sullivan (1977 to 1983); Arbitrator, San Mateo County Superior and Municipal courts (1983 to 2003); judge pro tempore traffic and small claims (1991 to 2003)
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