Therese M. Stewart

Therese M. Stewart

Nonpartisan

California 1st District Court of Appeal Division 2

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Successor

Tara M. Desautels

Predecessor

Anthony Kline

Compensation

Base salary

$272,902

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 8, 2022

Appointed

October 7, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Cornell University, 1978

Law

University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1981

Contact

Official website

Personal website

Personal LinkedIn

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Therese M. Stewart is a judge for Division 2 of the California 1st District Court of Appeal. She assumed office on November 30, 2022. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.

Stewart ran for re-election for the Division 2 judge of the California 1st District Court of Appeal. She won in the retention election on November 8, 2022.

Stewart was appointed an associate justice of the California First District Court of Appeal, Division Two by Governor Jerry Brown on June 28, 2014, to replace James Lambden. She was confirmed by the California Commission on Judicial Appointments on July 17. Stewart is the first openly lesbian justice to serve on the California Courts of Appeal.

She was retained by voters in 2014.

Stewart was confirmed as the presiding justice of the California First District Court of Appeal, Division Two on November 30, 2022.

Biography

Education

Stewart received her B.A. from Cornell University in 1978 and her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 1981.

Career

• 2022 - Present: Presiding justice, First District Court of Appeal, Division Two
• 2014 - 2022: Associate justice, First District Court of Appeal, Division Two
• 2002-2014: Chief deputy city attorney, San Francisco
• 1988-2002: Director, Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk and Rabkin PC

• 1982-1988: Associate

• 1981-1982: Law clerk, Judge Phyllis Kravitch of the U.S. Court of Appeal, Eleventh Circuit

Awards and associations

Awards

• 2013: Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, American Bar Association - Commission on Women in the Profession
• 2010: Ten Lawyers Who Shaped a Decade, Daily Journal
• 2009: California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year (CLAY) Awards - Civil Rights, California Bar Journal
• Champion of Justice Award, Bar Association of San Francisco Foundation

Associations

• Past president & board member, Bar Association of San Francisco
• Past board of directors, Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center
• Past board of directors, Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom
• Past board of directors, Historical Society of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
• Past member, American Bar Association’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Commission
• Past board of directors, Northern District of California Delegation to the Ninth Circuit

Elections

2022

See also:  California intermediate appellate court elections, 2022

California 1st District Court of Appeal Division 2, Therese M. Stewart's seat

Therese M. Stewart was retained to Division 2 of the California 1st District Court of Appeal on November 8, 2022 with 80.3% of the vote.

			Retention  Vote	%	Votes
		✔	Yes	80.3	1,184,234
			No	19.7	290,036
			Total Votes		1,474,270

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It has been certified. Source

2014

See also: California judicial elections, 2014

Stewart was retained to the First District Court of Appeal with 77.4 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014.  

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Therese M. Stewart did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

See also

California	Judicial Selection	More Courts
Courts in California California Courts of Appeal California Supreme Court	Elections: 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 Gubernatorial appointments Judicial selection in California	Federal courts State courts Local courts

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