William W. Bedsworth
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William W. Bedsworth (born on November 21, 1947 in Long Beach, California) is a incumbent Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal.
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[edit] Background
Bedsworth grew up in Gardena. He lives in Laguna Beach and is married to Kelly, with whom he has a 16-year-old daughter Caitlin.[1] He graduated Bachelor of Art's Degree (cum laude) from Loyola Marymount University, 1968 and earned his Juris Doctorate at University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall School of Law) in 1971. He was admitted to State Bar of California in January, 1972.
[edit] Legal career
Bedsworth worked in the Orange County District Attorney's Office (line deputy, felony trial deputy, appellate attorney, and managing attorney): he was Orange County deputy district attorney, 1972-1987. He prosecuted suits in California and United States Supreme Courts. He became a prosecutor, and 2 times President of the Association of Orange County Deputy District Attorneys and twice Director of the Board of the Orange County Bar Association.
In 1986, he won his Orange County Superior Court seat; re-elected in 1992, and February 1997 (he was Orange County Superior Court judge, 1987-1997. He was assigned by California Supreme Court as temporary appellate justice from April to December 1994.
on February 25, 1997, Governor Pete Wilson appointed him an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District, Division 3 in Santa Ana and he was elected to that position in 1998 to 2010.
The California Courts of Appeal are the state intermediate appellate courts in the U.S. state of California. It is divided into 6 appellate districts and the decisions are binding on superior courts, and they in turn are bound by the Supreme Court of California. Bedsworth's California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District is unique due to its division into three which are administratively separate, which even have different case number systems, and yet remain referred to as a single district. Bedsworth's Division Three courthouse is located in Santa Ana and handles appeals from Orange County with composition of 8 Justices. His Presiding Justice is David G. Sills.
[edit] Notable opinions
- In re Transcripts of Phase Three Grand Jury Proceedings, 64 Cal.App.4th 1203; People v. Simpson, 65 Cal.App.4th 854.
- THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, G036250[2](Super. Ct. No. GG98995)
[edit] Academic activities and publications
Bedsworth was a member of the adjunct faculties of Western State University College of Law, Chapman University School of Law, California Judicial College in Berkeley, and the Board of Advisors of Whittier Law School.
He published law review articles, in the lay magazines. His recently published his column, "A Criminal Waste of Space," and second book, "A Criminal Waste of Time" (American Lawyer Media Publications). He also writes a regular column for Orange County Lawyer magazine.[3] The California Newspaper Publishers' Association named Bedsworth's "A Criminal Waste of Space" best work in the field of 'Columns, Commentary, and Criticism' in a paper of under 10,000 circulation for 2004. [4]
[edit] Other activities
- He became Director of the Board of National Conference of Christians and Jews and Fair Share 502 and was voted by the Hispanic Bar Association as Judge of the Year in 1997.
- He is a goal judge for the National Hockey League at all Anaheim Ducks games and some road playoff games; he became the subject of a story in "ESPN The Magazine" entitled "Justice of the Crease". He was the first-ever winner of the highly coveted title of Law Star / Stellar Americian Lawyer.[5]
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ www.law.com/regionals, Profile, William Bedsworth
- ^ www.courtinfo.ca.gov
- ^ vote98.sos.ca.gov, Associate Justice, Fourth Appellate District
- ^ mayitpleasethecourt.com, Justice Bedsworth Honored for 'A Criminal Waste of Space'
- ^ lawcrossing.com, William Bedsworth
