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Same-sex marriage has been legal in California since June 28, 2013. The State of California first issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples from June 16, 2008 to November 5, 2008, a period of approximately 4 months and 20 days, as a result of the Supreme Court of California finding in the case of In re Marriage Cases that barring same-sex couples from marriage violated the Constitution of ...
Cindy Seeley Hendrickson is a judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court . Raised in Alexandria, Virginia, Hendrickson went on to earn her bachelor's degree from Stanford University in 1987 and a Juris Doctor from University of California, Los Angeles where she served as the president of a student organization that provided pro bono legal ...
Harris visiting Peterson Middle School (Santa Clara Unified School District) in 2010. In 2011, Harris urged criminal penalties for parents of truant children as she did as District Attorney of San Francisco, allowing the court to defer judgment if the parent agreed to a mediation period to get their child back in school.
Newsom gained national attention in 2004 when he directed the San Francisco city–county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, violating state law. [46] In August 2004, the Supreme Court of California annulled the marriages Newsom had authorized, as they conflicted with state law. Still, Newsom's unexpected move brought ...
University of California, Hastings. College of the Law ( JD) Edward John Davila (born June 21, 1952) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He was previously a state court judge on the Santa Clara County Superior Court from 2001 to 2011.
The world cannot keep its promise to end child marriage by year 2030 if California continues to hold up progress. ... retaining an attorney and independently bringing a legal action. ...
Santa Clara County death penalty case put to test. Fox local. KTVU Staff. August 9, 2024 at 12:29 PM. SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Santa Clara County District Attorney is standing behind his push to ...
In 1993, he was admitted to the State Bar of California, and was admitted to the Superior Court of California and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. [20] From 1999 to 2001, he was a Special Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the California Attorney General, under Bill Lockyer.