Profile of Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar

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Court: California Supreme Court

Appointed by: Governor Wilson, June 1994

Born: April 5, 1936 in San Francisco, California

Education: BA, UC Berkeley 1957; JD, George Washington 1962

Law Practice: United States Department of Justice (1962-63); Commission on Mental Retardation (1963-64); Associate, UC Berkeley (1965-67); Department of Mental Hygiene (1967-68); California Judicial College (1968-71); CEB (1971-78); Staff Attorney, First District Court of Appeal (1981-85); Staff Attorney, California Supreme Court (1985-91)

Judicial Appointments: First District Court of Appeal (1991-94); Supreme Court (1994-present)

Opinions Reported in Appellate Decisions Noted:

• No right to jury trial on enforceability of agreement to arbitrate
• California Supreme Court allows employee to pursue fraudulent inducement claim
• California law bars discrimination based on landlord's religious beliefs
• Lawyer's inactive status for MCLE violations does not invalidate client's conviction
• Keno comes up a loser in the Supreme Court
• Supreme Court revisits primary assumption of the risk doctrine (concurring)
• Boy Scouts not subject to California anti-discrimination law (concurring)
• Song-Beverly Act does not preclude recovery of litigation costs by defendants
• Supreme court declines to extend “negligent undertaking” theory to those who perform toxicology research for silicone producers
• Anti-SLAPP statute applies to any statement made in connection with an official proceeding
• Individuals have right to be free from intrusion into private areas of their workplace
• California Supreme Court upholds injunction against racial epithets in the workplace (concurring)
• Court may not “correct” arbitrator's award to include attorney fees
• Location of bus stop may constitute a dangerous condition
• Unsolicited email is not trespass
• Catholic Charities subject to prescription contraceptives law
• Public Employee Not Bound To Wrongful Termination Theory Specified in Claim

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• Justice Werdegar's profile at the California Courts site

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