Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Third District: Shall Associate Justice LAURI DAMRELL be elected to the office for the term provided by law?
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What does this office do?
- Deciding what state laws and the state constitution mean
- Setting rulings that lower state courts must follow
- Deciding major criminal and civil cases
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Gun Control,
Lauri Damrell
Nonpartisan · Incumbent
Damrell was unanimously confirmed as an associate justice of California's Third District Court of Appeal in 2026. She previously served as a Sacramento County Superior Court judge and worked in private practice and as a deputy district attorney.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 16 records
Served as an associate justice of the Third District Court of Appeal.
September 13, 2026
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Was unanimously confirmed as an associate justice of the Third District Court of Appeal.
August 19, 2026
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Filled the appellate vacancy created by Justice Elena J. Duarte's retirement.
August 19, 2026
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Was nominated as an associate justice of the Third District Court of Appeal.
August 10, 2026
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Granted final approval of a class-action settlement involving manufactured-home residents.
October 23, 2024
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Joined an amicus brief for employer groups in the California Supreme Court's Dynamex worker-classification case.
April 30, 2018
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Presided over civil-harassment and domestic-violence restraining-order hearings.
January 1, 2018
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Presided over misdemeanor arraignments and sentencing proceedings.
January 1, 2018
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Filled the Sacramento County Superior Court vacancy created by Judge Michael G. Virga's retirement.
December 22, 2017
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Was appointed to the Sacramento County Superior Court.
December 22, 2017
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Represented Microsoft in a federal workplace-discrimination class action.
May 2, 2017
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Co-chaired the California Pay Equity Task Force with the state labor commissioner.
January 1, 2016
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Served on the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls.
January 1, 2016
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Represented MHN in seeking U.S. Supreme Court review of an employment-arbitration ruling.
September 8, 2015
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Represented MHN Government Services and Managed Health Network in a federal wage-and-hour collective action.
March 27, 2013
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Defended employers in wage-and-hour class actions, harassment, discrimination, and termination cases.
January 1, 2010
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Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 10 favorable
Handled complex civil cases in Sacramento County Superior Court Department 8B through her appellate confirmation.
August 19, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
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Received the Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association's 2025 Judge of the Year award.
January 1, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
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Began teaching as an adjunct professor at Lincoln Law School of Sacramento.
January 1, 2022Favorable on Legal Competence
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Began teaching law as a visiting lecturer at the University of California, Davis.
January 1, 2019Favorable on Legal Competence
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Presided over civil and criminal trials and other proceedings on the Sacramento County Superior Court.
January 1, 2018Favorable on Legal Competence
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Presided over family-court proceedings.
January 1, 2018Favorable on Legal Competence
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Became a partner at Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe.
January 1, 2016Favorable on Legal Competence
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Received the National Association of Women Lawyers' Virginia S. Mueller Outstanding Member Award.
January 1, 2014Favorable on Legal Competence
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Began practicing at Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe as an associate.
January 1, 2006Favorable on Legal Competence
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Clerked for U.S. District Judge David F. Levi in the Eastern District of California.
January 1, 2005Favorable on Legal Competence
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