Hon. Patricia Cowett

JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

1999 – 2008 Judge of the San Diego Superior Court
1984 – 1985 Judge assigned to the Court of Appeal
Fourth Appellate District, December 1984 - January 1985
1979 – 1999 Judge of the Municipal Court, San Diego Judicial District


EDUCATION

1972 JD, School of Law, University of California, Davis
1969 AB in Psychology, University of California, Berkeley

LEGAL EMPLOYMENT

1975 – 1979 Attorney, San Diego Gas and Electric Company
In-house civil litigation (primarily Personal Injury and Real Property)

1973 – 1975 Department of Transportation
Associate Deputy Attorney I, II, Legal Division, State of California handling litigation in the fields of Eminent Domain and Personal Injury defense

1972 – 1973 San Diego City Attorney’s Office
Deputy City Attorney, Criminal Division

BAR ASSOCIATIONS

 California State Bar
 California Women Lawyers
 Lawyers Club of San Diego
 National Association of Pan Asian Bar Associations
 Pan-Asian Lawyers of San Diego
 San Diego County Bar Association
 San Diego County Bar Foundation

JUDICIAL ASSOCIATIONS

 California Asian Judges Association
 California Judges Association
 International Association of Women Judges
 National Association of Women Judges
 San Diego County Judges Association

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

 Trial Judge of the Year, Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, 2008
 Honoree, Cablevision, Cox Cable
 Judge of the Year Award, San Diego County Bar Association Law Week 2006
 Judicial Achievement Award, 1997, California Probation Officers Association
 The Ethnic Minority Bar Associations of San Diego County “Phenomenal Woman Award”

ACTIVITIES  

 Alternative Dispute Resolution Course, National Judicial College, Reno, 2006
 Beginning and Advanced Mediation Skills Course, CJER – 2003, 2005
 Brooklyn Law School Science for Judges Programs
 California Center for Judicial Education & Research Lecturer
 California Continuing Education of the Bar Panelist
 California Judicial Administration Committee, Planning Committee Annual Conference 2001, 2002
 California State Team Member to the First National Conference on Domestic Violence, appointed by Chief Justice Malcolm Lucas, California Supreme Court
 Chinese Business and Professional Club
 Chinese Social Service Center
 City of San Diego Mayor’s Advisory Board on Women, Friends Board
 County of San Diego, Criminal Justice Council, 1991
 Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team – County of San Diego
 Equal Rights Advisors, Inc.
 Faculty to the State Conference, “Family Violence and the Courts, A Coordinated Response,” Los Angeles, California
 International Ikebana Society, San Diego Chapter
 Judge, Mock Trial Competition, San Diego City Schools
 Metropolitan Municipal Courts Association
 Mingei Gallery
 Neurobiology and the Courts Conference
 Project Jove
 Rutter Group, Lecturer
 San Diego County Domestic Violence Council
 San Diego County Law Library Board of Trustees
 San Diego County Law Library Justice Foundation Board of Trustees
 San Diego Downtown Breakfast Rotary Club
 San Diego Inn of Court
 San Diego Museum of Art
 San Diego Water Color Society
 University of California Davis School of Law Alumni Association
 University of San Diego Board of Visitors
 Women Law and Development, International

Back to Top

This page was last modified in March 2009

Disclaimer: Please be advised that the contents of this web site and any other statements contained herein are for informational purposes only and are not intended to be represented as legal advice in any way.


Web Site Development by Program This! Web Solutions