Hon. James Emerson
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE
1993 – 2010 Judge of the Superior Court, Santa Clara County
Civil Team Leader: Law and Motion, Settlement Conferences, and Case
Management, 2008 and 2009
Civil Trials, 2007 – 2008
Supervising Criminal Judge, 2005 – 2006
Felony Jury Trials, 2003 – 2005
Juvenile Delinquency, 2002 – 2003
Felony Jury Trials, 1999 – 2001
Appellate Division, 1999, 1995 (Presiding), 1994
Criminal Law and Motion/Trials, 1997 – 1998
Family Court, 1994 – 1996
Criminal Law and Motion/Early Dispo, 1993
1990-1993 Judge of the Municipal Court, San Jose
Civil Supervisor, November 1992 to March 1993
Criminal assignments, January 1990 to November 1992
LEGAL EMPLOYMENT
1985 – 1990 Deputy County Counsel
Represented school districts, Registrar of Voters, the Sheriff, and the
Department of Corrections
1974 – 1985 Private practice
Emphasizing personal injury, estates and small business formation
ADR TRAINING
2009 & 1998 Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine
University
EDUCATION
1970 BA, University of California, Berkeley
1973 JD, University of Santa Clara
AWARDS
Judge of the Year, 2010 Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers
Association
COMMUNITY, TEACHING, AND LECTURING
• Santa Clara University Board of Visitors, 1991 to present
• NBI Judges Conference, Presenter, 2009
• AOC Supervising Judges Institute, Facilitator 2007 , 2008, and 2009
• CJA Elections Committee
• CEB, Family Law Lecturer, 1995
• Santa Clara County Bar Association, Immigration Law and Family Law
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