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Manuel A. Ramirez, Presiding Justice
Name: Manuel A. Ramirez
Position: Justice - Court of Appeal, Fourth District,
Division Two Personal
- Born 1948 - Los Angeles, California
- Married 27 years - four children
Educational
Background
- J.D., Loyola University School of Law (now Loyola Law School),
Los Angeles, 1974
- Graduate of Whittier College 1970. Major: political science
and international relations
- Judicial Education Courses: Chief Judges Conference, 1992,
1995
- Miscellaneous Continuing Education of the Bar courses
Professional Background
- Admitted to California Bar in 1976 and to practice before the
Federal Central District
- Deputy District Attorney, Orange County, 1976-1983 -
misdemeanor prosecutions, writs and appeals, felony panel
assignment (major felony cases, including death penalty), charter
member of sexual assault and vertical prosecution unit, and
Assistant Division Chief, Family Support Unit
- Judge - Municipal Court - law and motion, small claims,
traffic, felony arraignment and preliminary hearing calendars, and
misdemeanor jury trials - 1983-1986 - appointed by Governor George
Deukmejian
- Judge - Superior Court - civil, criminal, juvenile, adoptions
and minor's compromises, and mental health departments - 1986-1990
- appointed by Governor George Deukmejian
- Presiding Justice - Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division
Two - 1990-date - appointed by Governor George Deukmejian
- Associate Justice pro tempore, California Supreme Court -
three occasions: 1992, 1994, 1995 (see Menendez v. Superior
Court (1992) 3 Cal.4th 435; Applied Equipment Corp v.
Litton Saudi Arabia Ltd. (1994) 7 Cal.4th 503; In re
Sassounian (1995) 9 Cal.4th 535
Professional
Activities
- California Judges Association (member, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987,
1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
- Riverside County Bar Association (honorary member)
- Orange County Bar Association (member, 1976 [honorary since
1983])
- Orange County Deputy District Attorneys Association (member,
including offices of Secretary-Treasurer and Board member,
1980-1983)
- Orange County Mexican-American Bar Association (member,
1976-1983)
Educational and Professional Honors and
Awards
- Richard M. Nixon Scholarship Award, Whittier College
- Richard M. Heyden Memorial Scholarship, Whittier College
- Outstanding Hispanic Alumni Award, Whittier College
- Constitutional Rights Trial Judge of the Year, 1989
- Developmental Disabilities Center of Orange County Trial Judge
of the Year, 1989
- California State Senate Certificate of Recognition, John
Seymour, 35th Senate District, 1990
- Serafines De Orange County Judge of the Year, 1990
- Loyola University School of Law (now Loyola Law School),
Outstanding Hispanic Alumni Award, 1991
Teaching
and Educational Activities
- Continuing panelist - Riverside County Office of Education,
Superintendents' Legal Seminar, 1992-date. Topics: First Amendment
Rights for Students; District and Superintendent Liability
Regarding Student Harassment and Sexual Abuse; School Security and
Safety: Crime and Violence on School Campuses; Religion in the
Schools; Drug Testing of Students and Employees
- Orange County Mock Trial Judge - 1984 to present
- Instructor - Paralegal Studies, University of California
Irvine, Extension Program, 1988-1996
- Commencement speaker - San Bernardino Sheriff's Academy
graduating class, 1991-1993
- Faculty, Seminar Leader - California Judicial College,
Berkeley, 1986
Community Activities
- Inaugural member and co-founder - Casita de San José (home for
abused children), 1983-1986
- Charter member, co-founder and co-chairman - Efren Herrera
Scholarship Foundation, 1987-1996
- Volunteer - Adopt-a-Class Program, 1988-1997
- Volunteer cook for the homeless - Southwest Community Center,
Santa Ana, 1993 to date
- Coach - Little League, soccer, National Junior Basketball, Pop
Warner Football and Bobettes Baseball, 1968-1996
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