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CATHERINE R. HOHENWARTER

Appointed By or Elected and Sworn in:

• Appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom and sworn in on June 28, 2023

Judicial Assignments:

• Criminal (2023-current)

STATEWIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE:

• Judicial Council’s Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee (2017-2020)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

• California Judges Association (2020-present)
• National Association of Women Judges (2021-present)
• Schwartz-Levi Inn of Court (2012-present)
• Yolo Bar Association (1999-present)

PRE-JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE:

• Commissioner at Yolo Superior Court (2020-2023)
• Supervising Research Attorney, Yolo Superior Court (2019-2020)
• Judge Pro Tem, Yolo Superior Court (2016-2019)
• Family Law Facilitator/ Family Court Service Manager, Yolo Superior Court (2015-2019)
• Self-Help Attorney/ Family Law Facilitator, Yolo Superior Court (2011-2015)
• Legal Research Attorney, Yolo Superior Court (2007-2011)
• Solo Practitioner, Law Office of Catherine Hohenwarter, Woodland, CA (1997-2007)
• Associate Attorney, Law Office of Robert P. Kahn, Atherton, CA (1993-1996)
• Associate Attorney, Lossing & Elston, San Francisco, CA (1990-1993)

Academic Credentials:

• Juris Doctorate from University of Idaho School of Law (1990)
• Bachelor of Arts from University of Middlebury College (1985)