William W. Bedsworth

The Division Three courthouse in Santa Ana

William W. Bedsworth (born on November 21, 1947 in Long Beach, California) is a incumbent Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Long Beach is a city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific coast JUSTICE is a Human rights and law reform organisation based in the United Kingdom. The California Courts of Appeal are the state intermediate appellate courts in the U

1 Background
2 Legal career
- 2.1 Notable opinions
3 Academic activities and publications
4 Other activities
5 See also
6 Notes
7 External links

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. Laguna Beach is a seaside resort and artist community located in southern Orange County California, approximately southeast of the county seat of Santa Ana. ^[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. Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an Academic degree was earned Loyola Marymount University (LMU is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic Jesuit university in Los Angeles California, United States Juris Doctor (abbreviated JD or JD, from the Latin, Teacher of Law) is a first professional graduate degree and Professional The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley The University of California Berkeley School of Law, commonly referred to as Berkeley Law and Boalt Hall, is one of 14 schools and colleges at the University He was admitted to State Bar of California in January, 1972. The State Bar of California is California 's official Bar association.

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. Orange County is a county in Southern California, United States. 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. The prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the Common law Adversarial system, or the civil law

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. Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23 1933 is an American Politician from California. Founded in 1869 Santa Ana ( is the most populous city in Orange County California and is the County seat and a city of about 353184 people.

The California Courts of Appeal are the state intermediate appellate courts in the U.S. state of California. The California Courts of Appeal are the state intermediate appellate courts in the U Court of Appeal, Court of Appeals, and Appellate Division redirect here for a list of specific courts using those titles see Court of Appeal A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. 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. In Common law systems a superior court is a Court of general Competence which typically has unlimited Jurisdiction with regard to civil and The Supreme Court of California is the State supreme court in 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. Founded in 1869 Santa Ana ( is the most populous city in Orange County California and is the County seat and a city of about 353184 people. Orange County is a county in Southern California, United States. His Presiding Justice is David G. Sills.

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)

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]

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". In Ice hockey, an official is a person who has some responsibility in enforcing the rules and maintaining the order of the game The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America The Anaheim Ducks are a professional Ice hockey team based in Anaheim California, USA. A playoff or final in Sports is a game or series of games played after the regular season is over with the goal of determining a league champion or a similar accolade ESPN The Magazine is a bi-weekly sports Magazine published by the ESPN sports network in Bristol CT in the United States. He was the first-ever winner of the highly coveted title of Law Star / Stellar Americian Lawyer. ^[5]

Notes

External links

The Supreme Court of California is the State supreme court in California. Court of Appeal, Court of Appeals, and Appellate Division redirect here for a list of specific courts using those titles see Court of Appeal There are several different types of districts in California.

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