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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
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Democrat
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
PLACE OF BIRTH: San Francisco
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Independent
Scott, Joseph
COURT: San Mateo County Superior
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)
POLITICAL OFFICE HELD: Democratic Central Committee (1980 to 2003)
AGE: 62
PLACE OF BIRTH: Long Beach
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Democrat
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