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PAUL K. RICHARDSON

Appointed By or Elected and Sworn in:

• Appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and sworn in on May 16, 2008

Dates of Re-Elections:

• 2016
• 2010

Judicial Assignments:

• Criminal (2024 - present)
• Family (2020 - 2024) 
• Criminal 
• Juvenile Delinquency and Dependency
• Domestic Violence Court
• Drug Court (Adult and Juvenile)

Court Administrative Services:

• Assistant Presiding Judge
• Appellate Panel: Presiding Judge and Judge
• Grand Jury Supervisor/Advisor
• Assistant Supervisor: Criminal
• Executive Committee: Cabinet
• Criminal Justice Cabinet
• Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Division
• Security Committee
• Local Rules Revision Committee
• Futures Committee
• Mandatory Settlement Conference Committee

Professional Affiliations:

• California Judges’ Association
• American Inns of Court, Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court, Pacific/McGeorge School of Law
• California Bar Association (Inactive)
• Massachusetts Bar Association (Inactive)
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
• United States District Court, District of Massachusetts
• United States Court of Appeal for the First Circuit

Pre-Judicial Experience:

• Court Commissioner, Yolo County, CA
• Deputy District Attorney, Yolo County, CA
• General Counsel, California Agricultural Labor Relations Board, Sacramento, CA
• District Attorney, Placer County, CA
• Deputy District Attorney, Sacramento County, CA
• Private Practice: Bolling, Walters and Gawthrop, Sacramento, CA
• Assistant District Attorney and Special Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Assistant District Attorney, Essex County, Massachusetts

Academic Credentials:

• Juris Doctorate from Pacific/McGeorge School of Law
• Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science from Stanford University