Contra Costa County Superior Court

The Contra Costa County Superior Court, officially known as the Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa, is the branch of the California Superior Court located in Contra Costa County. It has four courthouses: Martinez, Pittsburg, Richmond and Walnut Creek.[1]

Judges

Samuel Conti was a Superior court judge in the Contra Costa County from 1968 to 1970, when he was appointed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.[2]

On November 11, 2003, just days before he left office after an unprecedented recall vote, California Governor Gray Davis appointed Barry Goode to serve on the Contra Costa County Superior Court.[3]

In June 2019, Judge John Laettner was found guilty of willful misconduct by a three-person panel appointed by the California Commission on Judicial Performance, upon its findings that he had "engaged in misconduct on numerous occasions over the past decade, making inappropriate comments to women and increasing a defendant’s bail without a hearing..." Deputy public defender Rebecca Brackman of the Contra Costa Public Defenders Association, was quoted by San Francisco Chronicle as stating that the outcome is an “overwhelming rebuke of Judge Laettner’s actions” and that “This sends a clear signal that judges need to uphold our community values of fairness, equity, and basic dignity and respect, regardless of gender, race, and background”. Laettner's attorney, Laettner's attorney, James Murphy maintained that the outcome was a product of a "smear campaign", having stated, on April 26, during the hearing, that "the public defender’s office from Contra Costa County was out to get Judge Laettner”.[4]

References
  1. Contra Costa Superior Court
  2. Samuel Conti, Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, Federal Judicial Center.
  3. Sacramento Bee - California Insider
  4. Cassidy, Megan (June 14, 2019). "Panel sustains findings of misconduct against Contra Costa County judge". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 13, 2019.


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