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Yvette Verastegui

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Yvette Verastegui
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Superior Court of Los Angeles County
Tenure
2010 - Present
Term ends
2031
Years in position
16
Elections and appointments
Last election
March 5, 2024
Education
Bachelor's
University of California, Irvine
Law
University of California, Berkeley

Yvette Verastegui is a judge of theSuperior Court of Los Angeles County in California. She assumed office in 2010. Her current term ends on January 6, 2031.

Verastegui won re-election for judge of theSuperior Court of Los Angeles County in California outright in the primary onMarch 5, 2024, after the primary and general election were canceled.

Biography

Education

Verastegui received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Irvine and aJ.D. from the University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law.[1]

Career

  • 2010-Present: Judge,Superior Court of Los Angeles County
  • 2001-2010: Deputy alternate public defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office
  • 1994-2001: Deputy public defender, Orange County Public Defender's Office
  • 1994-1994: Deputy public defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2024)

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled.Yvette Verastegui (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Verastegui in this election.

2018

See also:Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2018)

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled.Yvette Verastegui (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

Selection method

See also:Nonpartisan election

The1,535 judges of theCalifornia Superior Courts compete innonpartisan 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.[2][3][4][5]

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.[2]

Thechief 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.[2]

Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[2]

2012

Verastegui 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, Verastegui was automatically re-elected.[6]

See also:California judicial elections, 2012

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also:Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Yvette Verastegui did not completeBallotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

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Footnotes

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