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Rare Opportunity: The Chief Justice To Speak At Our 50th Year Celebration

Posted April 3, 2018 in Conference

We are delighted to announce that the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, The Honorable Tani Cantil-Sakauye, will attend and speak at our opening reception at 5:00 pm on Friday, October 5, 2018. In her role, Justice Cantil-Sakauye serves as Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court and Chair of the California Judicial Council.

Every CALSPro member should plan to attend to hear her informative and inspiring remarks.

Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye is the 28th Chief Justice of the State of California. She was sworn into office on January 3, 2011, and is the second woman to serve as the state’s chief justice. She chairs the Judicial Council, the administrative policy-making body of state courts, and the Commission on Judicial Appointments.

She has served for more than 20 years on California appellate and trial courts, and has been appointed or elevated to higher office by three governors. Born in 1959 in Sacramento, Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye attended C. K. McClatchy High School (1977) and Sacramento City College (1978) before receiving her BA from the University of California, Davis, graduating with honors in 1980. After taking a year off to visit her ancestral homeland, the Philippines, the Chief Justice entered the UC Davis, Martin Luther King, Jr., School of Law in 1981 and received her JD in 1984.

Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye is a former board member of several nonprofit organizations and has been active in numerous professional community organizations, including membership in the California Judges Association, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, and the Sacramento Asian Bar Association, and received the Filipina of the Year Award.

She is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the Conference of Chief Justices and The American Law Institute. She is on the Board of Visitors for UC Davis and an Advisory Board member of the Sacramento Federal Judicial Library and Learning Center Foundation. She is an honorary member of the Foundation for Democracy and Justice, a private nonprofit organization devoted to civics education, and is actively engaged in a civic learning initiative, Your Constitution: The Power of Democracy.

50th Annual Conference is October 5-7, 2018 at the Embassy Suites Sacramento Riverfront Promenade, Sacramento, CA – Details to come.

Closure Of San Diego Courthouse Buildings (Family Court and Madge Bradley) And Transfer Of Operations To New Central Courthouse

Posted November 21, 2017 in Court Updates

The Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, is providing notice that it will be closing the Family Court Building at 1555 Sixth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101 (including both business operations and courtrooms), and transferring these operations to the new San Diego Central Courthouse at 1100 Union Street, San Diego, CA 92101.

The Family Court Building, which currently houses courtrooms F-1 to F-6, will now close at 3:30pm on December 13, 2017.

The Madge Bradley building, which currently houses courtrooms F-8, F-9 and PC-1, PC-2, and PC-3 will now close at 3:30pm on December 14, 2017.

Family and Probate court operations and hearings in Family and Probate cases will resume on Monday, December 18, 2017 in the new Central Courthouse at 1100 Union Street. Effective that same date, all Probate case filings, and filings for Family cases pending in the Central venue district, must be made in the new Central Courthouse.

Please find the Official Court Notice here

Superior Court of California – County of San Diego – Notice To Attorneys

Posted April 23, 2014 in Education, Membership

NEW, REVISED OR REPEALED FORMS FOR THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL AND SAN DIEGO SUPERIOR COURT

Attached is a list of new, revised or repealed Judicial Council and San Diego Superior Court forms which are now available for use. Court forms available on the Internet may be found at: www.sdcourt.ca.gov, and/or printed forms may be found at the San Diego Superior Court business offices as indicated.

Superior Court of California – County of Ventura – Notice To Attorneys

Posted April 22, 2014 in Conference, Education

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF SAME-DAY FILING DEADLINE FOR DOCUMENTS DEPOSITED IN COURT DROP BOX

Effective April 21, 2014

Pursuant to California Rule of Court 2.210(a), drop boxes are currently provided outside each Clerk’s Office for filing papers or submitting payments.

Effective Monday, April 21, 2014, the same-day filing deadline for any document deposited in the court’s drop boxes will no longer be 5:00 p.m. Instead, any document deposited in the boxes up to and including 4:30 p.m. on a court business day is deemed to have been deposited for filing on that day. Any document deposited in the court’s drop box on a judicial holiday, or after 4:30 p.m. is deemed to have been deposited for filing on the next court business day.

Superior Court of California – County of San Deigo – Notice To Attorneys

Posted April 16, 2014 in Education, Membership

Superior Court of California
County of San Diego

April 14, 2014
NOTICE TO ATTORNEYS

Effective January 1, 2014, the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego discontinued the use of the Certificate of Service and Certificate of Progress in all Civil proceedings. In lieu of this filing, counsel wishing to extend the time to serve the complaint must seek an extension via ex parte application to the assigned department (CRC 3. 110, SDSC 2.1.5).

Effective immediately, all Certificate of Service and Certificate of Progress Forms submitted to the court will not be processed or returned. The court will recycle all submitted documents.