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Spain, Julia
COURT: Alameda County Superior
ASSIGNMENT: Criminal
APPOINTED: 1998 (elevated through unification)
LAW SCHOOL: UC-Hastings College of the Law
PREVIOUS JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE: Hayward Municipal Court, 1996 to 1998 appointed by Governor Pete Wilson
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: Partner, McCarthy Leonard & Spain; executive director, Alameda County Bar Association
AGE: 55
PLACE OF BIRTH: Fayette, Ala.
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Independent
Forcum, Mark
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
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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
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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
Ayoob, Donald
COURT: San Mateo County Superior
ASSIGNMENT: Criminal
APPOINTED: 2010 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
LAW SCHOOL: UC-Hastings College of the Law
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: Deputy public defender, Orange County (1982 to 1987); deputy public defender (1988 to 2002), and chief assistant public defender, state public defender's office (2002 to 2010)
AGE: 58
PLACE OF BIRTH: Los Angeles
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Democrat
Pollak, Stuart
COURT: First District Court of Appeal
APPOINTED: 2002 by Governor Gray Davis
LAW SCHOOL: Harvard Law School
PREVIOUS JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE: Judge, San Francisco Superior Court (1982 to 2002)
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady & Pollak
AGE: 76
PLACE OF BIRTH: San Pedro
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Democrat
Cretan, Clifford
COURT: San Mateo County Superior
ASSIGNMENT: Criminal
APPOINTED: 2004 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
LAW SCHOOL: UC-Berkeley School of Law
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: Deputy district attorney, San Mateo County (1974 to 1981); Thirkell & Cretan (1981 to 2004)
AGE: 65
PLACE OF BIRTH: Oakland
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Democrat
Swope, V. Raymond
COURT: San Mateo County Superior
APPOINTED: 2009 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
LAW SCHOOL: Drake University School of Law
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker (1989 to 1990); Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley (1990 to 1997); Law Office of Charlotte M. Venner (1997 to 1998); deputy county counsel, San Mateo county counsel's office (1998 to 2010)
AGE: 60
PLACE OF BIRTH: Hampton, Va.
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Democrat
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Grandsaert, John
COURT: San Mateo County Superior
ASSIGNMENT: Criminal court; veterans court
APPOINTED: 2004 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
LAW SCHOOL: UC-Hastings
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: Law Offices of Hunt and Hunt (1977 to 1984); deputy district attorney, Riverside County (1984 to 1987); deputy DA, San Mateo County (1987 to 2004); 17 years of service in the Army Reserve JAG Corps
AGE: 60
PLACE OF BIRTH: San Francisco
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Republican
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