Thomas Jefferson School of Law (TJSL) is a private law school in San Diego,California. It offers a Juris Doctor and three Master of Laws programs,including one that is exclusively online,as well as a combined J.D./M.B.A. with San Diego State University.
Lori R. Saldaña is an American politician from San Diego,California. She is a former member of the California State Assembly from the 76th Assembly district. She served from 2004 to 2010,when term limits prevented her from seeking re-election. She served as a Democrat.
Stephen Lawrence Cooley is an American politician and prosecutor. He was the Los Angeles County District Attorney from 2000 to 2012. Cooley was re-elected in 2004 and again in 2008.
Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th and incumbent vice president of the United States under President Joe Biden. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history,as well as the first African-American and first Asian-American vice president. A member of the Democratic Party,she was previously attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017 and a U.S. senator from California from 2017 to 2021.
Western State College of Law at Westcliff University is a private,for-profit law school in Irvine,California. It offers full and part-time programs and is approved by the American Bar Association. Western State pays a fee to receive services from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).
Nathan Blaine Fletcher is an American politician who most recently served on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors for the 4th District since 2019,serving as chair from 2021 to 2023. On March 26,2023,he announced he would seek treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and alcoholism. On March 29,2023,news broke of a lawsuit by an employee of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System alleging that Fletcher had sexually assaulted her and that she was then fired after resisting his advances,and that evening,he announced his resignation from the Board of Supervisors,effective at the end of his medical leave.
Cheryl Cox was the mayor of Chula Vista,California,from 2006 to 2014. She received both a master's degree in political science and a doctorate in education,and moved on to working for Chula Vista Elementary School District as a teacher,principal,and administrator. She is a Republican,and ran for mayor in November 2006 against the incumbent mayor Steve Padilla and Councilman Steve Castaneda,beating both in the election,and was re-elected in June 2010 by defeating Councilman Steve Castaneda with more than 50% of the vote in the Primary Election.
Joel Anderson is an American politician serving as a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. A Republican,he is a former California state senator,assemblyperson,and board member of a municipal water district. During his time in the Legislature,Anderson served on the board of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) as California state chair.
Laura Elizabeth Duffy is an American lawyer and judge who serves on the San Diego County Superior Court and served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of California from 2010 to 2017.
The San Diego County District Attorney is the elected district attorney for San Diego County,California. This office is responsible for the prosecution of both felony and misdemeanor violations of California state law that occur within the jurisdiction of San Diego County,California. Courts within their jurisdiction includes the San Diego Superior Court,the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District,and the California Supreme Court. Federal law violations are prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California. The current District Attorney is Summer Stephan,who replaced Bonnie Dumanis on an interim basis after the latter resigned in July 2017.
The 2004 San Diego mayoral election was held on Tuesday,November 2,2004 to elect the mayor for San Diego. Incumbent mayor Dick Murphy stood for reelection for a second term.
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors is the legislative branch of the county government of San Diego County,California. Though officially nonpartisan,two Democrats and two Republicans currently comprise the Board of Supervisors,with one vacancy and the latest election occurring in 2020.
Patricia "Pat" Carmody Bates is an American Republican politician who served in the California State Senate,representing the 36th Senate district,which encompasses parts of Orange and San Diego counties. She left office on December 5,2022. She served as the Senate's minority leader from 2017 to 2019. She previously served as a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors from 2007 to 2014,and the California State Assembly from 1998 to 2004. She also served as the first mayor of Laguna Niguel,California following its incorporation in 1989,and continued to serve on the city council until 1998. Before serving as mayor,she had been employed as a social worker in Los Angeles County.
Geneviéve LaChelle Jones-Wright is a San Diego,California native who served San Diego County as a public defender from 2006 to 2019. Jones-Wright co-founded and serves as the Executive Director of an impact litigation non-profit,Community Advocates for Just and Moral Governance www.moralgovernance.org,also known as MoGo. MoGo works to achieve racial and social justice and holds government accountable to all people,especially those who are marginalized. Jones-Wright ran to become the District Attorney of San Diego in the June 5,2018 primary election against interim District Attorney Summer Stephan after the position was vacated by Bonnie Dumanis in July 2017. Jones-Wright lost the primary 62.62% to 37.02%. She is a Democrat who is considered a progressive reformist,though the District Attorney position is non-partisan.
The 2020 San Diego mayoral election was held on November 3,2020,to elect the Mayor of San Diego. Incumbent Kevin Faulconer was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits.
Summer Stephan is the District Attorney for the County of San Diego,serving in this capacity since 2017.
Terra Eve Lawson-Remer is an American politician currently serving as the Vice Chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. She has served on the Board since 2021 and was elected Vice Chair on January 10,2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Lawson-Remer previously worked as a professor at The New School and the University of California,San Diego,and as a senior advisor in the U.S. Treasury Department.
Marni von Wilpert is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the San Diego City Council representing the 5th district. She assumed office on December 10,2020,succeeding Mark Kersey.
Alex Ozols is an American personal injury lawyer based in San Diego,California. He has represented numerous high profile clients in San Diego and around Southern California.
