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Santa Cruz County Retired Judges

HON. JAMES H. LOGAN

1879 - 1884   &   1893 - 1896

HONORABLE JAMES H. LOGAN

HON. FERDINAND J. McCANN

1885 - 1893

HONORABLE FERDINAND J. McCANN

HON. LUCAS F. SMITH

1897 - 1914

HONORABLE LUCAS F. SMITH

HON. BENJAMIN K. KNIGHT, SR.

1914 - 1924

HONORABLE BENJAMIN K. KNIGHT, SR.

HON. HARRY C. LUCAS, SR.

1924 - 1931

HONORABLE HARRY C. LUCAS, SR.

HON. JAMES L. ATTERIDGE

1931 - 1956

HONORABLE JAMES L. ATTERIDGE

HON. JAMES J. SCOPPETTONE

1953 - 1966 (Municipal)

HONORABLE JAMES J. SCOPPETTONE

HON. GILBERT B. PERRY

1953 - 1957 (Municipal)   &   1957 - 1975

HONORABLE GILBERT B. PERRY

HON. CHARLES S. FRANICH

1957 - 1961 (Municipal)   &   1961 - 1977

HONORABLE CHARLES S. FRANICH

HON. HARRY F. BRAUER

1962 - 1973 (Municipal)   &   1973 - 1984

HONORABLE HARRY F. BRAUER

HON. DONALD O. MAY

1966 - 1975 (Municipal)   &   1975 - 1986

HONORABLE DONALD O. MAY

HON. NICK J. DROBAC

1968 - 1972

HONORABLE NICK J. DROBAC

HON. JOHN A. MARLO

1973 - 1987 (Municipal)   &   1987 - 1993

HONORABLE JOHN A. MARLO

HON. RICHARD W. KESSELL

1973 - 1990 (Municipal)   &   1990 - 1993

HON. RICHARD W. KESSELL

HON. ROLAND K. HALL

1975 - 1977 (Municipal)   &   1977 - 1985

HON. ROLAND K. HALL

HON. CHRISTOPHER C. COTTLE

1977 - 1988

HONORABLE CHRISTOPHER C. COTTLE

HON. WILLIAM M. KELSAY

1977 - 1985 (Municipal)   &   1985 - 1998

HONORABLE WILLIAM M. KELSAY

HON. RICHARD J. McADAMS

1977 - 1998 (Municipal)   &   1998 - 2003

HONORABLE RICHARD J. McADAMS

HON. THOMAS A. BLACK

1985 - 1996

HONORABLE THOMAS A. BLACK

HON. THOMAS E. KELLY

1986 - 1998 (Municipal)   &   1998 - 2006

HONORABLE THOMAS E. KELLY

HON. ROBERT B. ATACK

1987 - 1997 (Municipal)   &   1997 - 2010

HONORABLE ROBERT B. ATACK

HON. SAMUEL S. STEVENS

1989 - 2009

HONORABLE SAMUEL S. STEVENS

HON. HEATHER D. MORSE

1989 - 1998 (Municipal)   &   1998 - 2017

HONORABLE HEATHER D. MORSE

HON. MICHAEL E. BARTON

1990 - 1998 (Municipal)   &   1998 - 2010

HONORABLE MICHAEL E. BARTON

HON. GEORGE J. KOVACEVICH

1994

HONORABLE GEORGE J. KOVACEVICH

HON. ROBERT B. YONTS, JR.

1994 - 2007

HONORABLE ROBERT B. YONTS, JR.

HON. KATHLEEN K. AKAO

1994 - 2005

HONORABLE KATHLEEN K. AKAO

HON. ARTHUR DANNER III

1998 - 2006

HONORABLE ARTHUR DANNER III

HON. JOHN S. SALAZAR

2000 - 2022

HONORABLE JOHN S. SALAZAR

HON. JEFF ALMQUIST

2003 - 2018

HON JEFF ALMQUIST

HON. PAUL P. BURDICK

2006 - 2023

HONORABLE PAUL P. BURDICK

HON. PAUL M. MARIGONDA

2007 - 2022

HONORABLE PAUL M. MARIGONDA

HON. TIMOTHY VOLKMANN

2008 - 2024

Honorable Timothy Volkmann

HON. ARIADNE SYMONS

2009 – 2020

HONORABLE ARIADNE SYMONS

HON. JOHN GALLAGHER

2010 - 2022

HONORABLE JOHN GALLAGHER

HON. KIM BASKETT

2017 - 2020

HONORABLE KIM BASKETT