La Jolla Bar Association, November MCLE Luncheon

Our next LJBA lunchtime MCLE program will be Thursday, November 10th at 12:00 noon, at the Manhattan of La Jolla restaurant (within the Empress Hotel @ 7766 Fay Avenue).

We are pleased to have the Honorable Peter C. Deddeh, Judge of the Superior Court for San Diego County, as our speaker this month, who will present an  “Overview of the Superior Court’s Transition into the New Courthouse.”

Judge Deddeh’s presentation will cover a multitude of issues, past, present and future, which will impact the San Diego Superior Court’s civil and criminal case administration, personnel, and operations, which issues are of great importance to attorneys and the public.  The presentation will address steps that have been taken by the court to achieve more cost-effective and efficient operations as it transitions to the new downtown courthouse, including discussion of the court’s efforts and success in reducing the civil case backlog over the past three years, and the steps taken to improve the court’s Case Management System, particularly in the areas of electronic filing, appeals processing, and staff training on Unlawful Detainer procedures and processes. This will surely be an interesting and informative presentation.

Judge Deddeh’s presentation will provide 1.0 hour of MCLE credit.
Click here to view the written material for the presentation.

Some information about our speaker:

Judge Peter C. Deddeh was appointed to the San Diego County Superior Court in June 1998 by Governor Pete Wilson and was re-elected 2012. He currently serves as Assistant Presiding Judge of the Court’s Central Division through 2017 and will serve as its Presiding Judge for 2018 and 2019. He previously was  Supervising Judge of the Court’s East County Division (2007-2011); Presiding Judge of the Court’s Appellate Panel (2007); and Criminal Presiding Judge for the Court’s San Diego (2001-2005) and Vista (1998-2000) divisions.   Judge Deddeh has also served on the California Judges Association Board of Directors (2007-2010).

Prior to joining the Superior Court bench, Judge Deddeh was a DDA with the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office (1983-1998), during which time he prosecuted numerous felony and  misdemeanor cases, with a large number being violent street gang offenses, of which 15 were gang murder jury trials.

In addition to his work at the Courthouse, Judge Deddeh presides over Homeless Court sessions at St. Vincent De Paul Village and the Vietnam Veterans of San Diego Homeless Shelter.

Judge Deddeh is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara (BA, History/Political Science, 1978), and of the University of San Diego School of Law (JD, 1982).