Hon. Margaret J. Kemp
Case Manager: Sean Byrnes
Tel: (415) 772-0900 Ext. 12
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Judge Kemp has had a distinguished judicial career spanning over 25 years, and was the first woman appointed to the San Mateo Superior Court. Creative and involved, she is known for her innovations that were instituted in the courts, including some procedures that are literally named after her. For the last four years of her judicial tenure Judge Kemp served as the Settlement Judge for San Mateo, handling all of the Mandatory Settlement Conferences. Recently retired, she is now available in private practice to serve as a mediator, arbitrator and private referee.
Judicial Experience
1987-2004 Judge, San Mateo County Superior Court
1978-1987 Judge, San Mateo County Municipal Court
Types of cases handled include:
- Commercial and Business Disputes.
- Personal Injury
- Intellectual Property
- Malpractice
- Medical
- Dental
- Legal
- Accounting
- Employment
- Wrongful Termination
- Discrimination
- Real Estate
- Business and Partnership Dissolution
- Fraud & Lemon Law
- Class Actions
- Church Matters including abuse of children
- Domestic Abuse
- Eminent Domain
- Land Use
- Neighbor Disputes over Real Property
- Will and Trust Contests
- Elder Abuse
- Construction Defect
Professional Career
| 1976-1978 | Private Law Practice at Thirkell, Pierpoint and Kemp |
| 1972-1976 | San Mateo District Attorney's Office - Deputy District Attorney - Founded Consumer Fraud Division |
Education
| 1971 | University of California at Berkeley - Boalt Hall School of Law |
| 1966 | University of California at Berkeley - Masters in Political Science |
| 1965 | University of Illinois - Bachelors of Science in Education |
ADR Training
| 2004 | Pepperdine University - 3 day training session on Advanced Mediation Techniques |
| 2002 | CJER - 3 day Advanced Mediation Training |
| 2000 | CJER - 5 day training session on Mediation |
Professional Activities and Memberships
- Member, California Judges Association Executive Board (1981-1983) and Secretary Treasurer for California Judges Association (1982-1983)
- Chair, Municipal Courts Committee
- Member, Judicial Ethics Committee
- Member, National Association of Women Judges
- Member, San Mateo County Bar Association Board of Governors
- Member, Private Defender Panel
- Appointed, San Mateo County Drug and Alcohol Abuse and Advisory Board
- Recipient, California Judge of the Year as presented by the California Correction, Parole and Probation Officers Association.
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