Kathryn Mickle Werdegar
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Kathryn M. Werdegar was appointed to the California Supreme Court by then-Governor Pete Wilson on May 3, 1994. In November 2002, she was re-elected to a new term of office which began on January 7, 2003. Prior to her elevation to the Supreme Court, she served on the First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco.
Legal Education and Experience
Justice Werdegar commenced her law studies at the University of California School of Law (Boalt Hall), where she was first in her class and the first woman to be elected editor-in-chief of the California Law Review. She completed her law studies at George Washington University, where she graduated first in her class. She received her B.A. (with honors) from the University of California at Berkeley.[1]
Before her appointment to the bench, Justice Werdegar served in the following capacities:
- Worked at United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.
- Director of the criminal law division of California Continuing Education of the Bar
- Senior staff attorney with the California Court of Appeal and the California Supreme Court
- And professor and Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs at the University of San Francisco School of Law
Publications
Justice Werdegar has written law review articles, monographs, model codes, and chapters in legal texts for practitioners. Her publications have addressed such issues as the relationship between the courts and private alternative dispute resolution, the value of diversity in the judicial system, and California criminal procedure. Under the auspices of the California College of Trial Judges (now the Center for Judicial Education and Research (CJER)), she authored a benchbook on misdemeanor procedure for trial court judges that has served as a model for other procedural benchbooks used in trial courts throughout the state.[2]
Professional Activities and Associations
Justice Werdegar is a member of the American Law Institute, the National Association of Women Judges, the California/Nevada Women Judges Association, and the California Judges Association. She is a board member of the California Supreme Court Historical Society and a former board member of the Boalt Hall Alumni Association.[3]
