Ioana Petrou
2018 - Present
2027
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Ioana Petrou is a judge for Division 3 of the California 1st District Court of Appeal. She assumed office in 2018. Her current term ends on January 4, 2027.
Petrou ran for re-election for the Division 3 judge of the California 1st District Court of Appeal. She won in the retention election on November 8, 2022.
On November 21, 2018, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) appointed Petrou to succeed Judge Stuart Pollak. The California Commission on Judicial Appointments confirmed Petrou's appointment on December 21, 2018.[1][2] To remain on the bench, Petrou must stand for retention in 2022.
Petrou was previously a nonpartisan judge of the Superior Court of Alameda County, California, Office 19, from 2010 to 2018. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) appointed Petrou in October 2010.[3]
Biography
Education
Petrou received a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law.[3]
Career
- 2018-present: Judge, California First District Court of Appeal, Division Three
- 2010-2018: Judge, Superior Court of Alameda County
- 2004-2010: Assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Attorney's Ofice, Northern District of California
- 2002-2004: Counsel, O’Melveny and Myers LL
- 2000-2002: Assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York
- 1996-1999: Associate, Foley and Lardner LLP
- 1995-1996: Associate, Weissburg and Aronson
- 1994-1995: Associate, Proskauer Rose LLP
- 1992: Judicial intern for the Hon. Sheila Prell Sonenshine of the California Fourth District Court of Appeal
Elections
2022
See also: California intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
California 1st District Court of Appeal Division 3, Ioana Petrou's seat
Ioana Petrou was retained to Division 3 of the California 1st District Court of Appeal on November 8, 2022 with 78.5% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
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Votes |
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| ✔ | Yes |
78.5
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1,131,991 | ||
No |
21.5
|
309,142 | |||
Total Votes |
1,441,133 | ||||
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2018
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Ioana Petrou (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2012
- See also: California judicial elections, 2012
Petrou ran for re-election to the superior court in 2012. As an unopposed incumbent, her name did not appear on the ballot. After the primary election, Petrou was automatically re-elected.[4]
Selection method
- See also: Nonpartisan election
The 1,535 judges of the California Superior Courts compete in nonpartisan races in even-numbered years. If a candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote in the June primary election, he or she is declared the winner; if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff between the top two candidates is held during the November general election.[5][6][7][8]
If an incumbent judge is running unopposed in an election, his or her name does not appear on the ballot. The judge is automatically re-elected following the general election.[5]
The chief judge of any given superior court is selected by peer vote of the court's members. He or she serves in that capacity for one or two years, depending on the county.[5]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[5]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ioana Petrou did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., "Governor Brown Appoints Two Court of Appeal Justices," November 21, 2018
- ↑ California Courts, "Commission Confirms Six Appointments to Courts of Appeal," December 21, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Office of the Governor, Press Release: "Gov. Schwarzenegger Appoints Ioana Petrou to Alameda County Superior Court," October 18, 2010
- ↑ Alameda County Registrar of Voters, Candidate Filed Log
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: California," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Safeguarding California's judicial election process," August 21, 2011
- ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8203," accessed May 21, 2014
- ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8140-8150," accessed May 21, 2014
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State courts:
California Supreme Court • California Courts of Appeal • California Superior Courts
State resources:
Courts in California • California judicial elections • Judicial selection in California
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