This page was last updated during the official's most recent election or appointment. Please contact us with any updates. John C. Lawson II Do you have a photo that could go here? Click here to submit it for this profile! * * * Superior Court of Los Angeles County Tenure 2009 - Present Term ends 2025 Years in position Report an officeholder change Elections and appointments Last elected June 5, 2018 Appointed 2009 Education Bachelor's Oberlin College Law Howard University John C. Lawson II is a judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California. He assumed office in 2009. His current term ends on January 6, 2025. Lawson won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California outright in the primary on June 5, 2018, after the primary and general election were canceled. ## Contents * 1 Education * 2 Career * 3 Elections * 3.1 2018 * 3.1.1 Selection method * 3.2 2012 * 4 See also * 5 External links * 6 Footnotes ## Education[edit] Lawson received a bachelor's degree from Oberlin College and a J.D. from Howard University.[1] ## Career[edit] * 2009-2019: Judge, Superior Court of Los Angeles County * 2007-2009: Commissioner, Superior Court of Los Angeles County * 1988-2007: Deputy public defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office[1] ## Elections[edit] ### 2018[edit] See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2018) Nonpartisan primary election The primary election was canceled. John C. Lawson II (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot. #### Selection method[edit] See also: Nonpartisan election The 1,535 judges of the California Superior Courts compete in nonpartisan races in even-numbered years. If a candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote in the June primary election, he or she is declared the winner; if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff between the top two candidates is held during the November general election.[2][3][4][5] If an incumbent judge is running unopposed in an election, his or her name does not appear on the ballot. The judge is automatically re-elected following the general election.[2] The chief judge of any given superior court is selected by peer vote of the court's members. He or she serves in that capacity for one or two years, depending on the county.[2] Qualifications Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[2] ### 2012[edit] Lawson ran for re-election to the superior court in 2012. As an unopposed incumbent, his name did not appear on the ballot. After the primary election, Lawson was automatically re-elected.[6] See also: California judicial elections, 2012 ## See also[edit] * Los Angeles County, California ## External links[edit] * Search Google News for this topic ## Footnotes[edit] 1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid `` tag; no text was provided for refs named `pr` 2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: California," archived October 2, 2014 3. ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Safeguarding California's judicial election process," August 21, 2011 4. ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8203," accessed May 21, 2014 5. ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8140-8150," accessed May 21, 2014 6. ↑ Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder, Presidential Primary Election 6/5/2012 v • e California Superior Courts Alameda • Alpine • Amador • Butte • Calaveras • Colusa • Contra Costa • Del Norte • El Dorado • Fresno • Glenn • Humboldt • Imperial • Inyo • Kern • Kings • Lake • Lassen • Los Angeles • Madera • Marin • Mariposa • Mendocino • Merced • Modoc • Mono • Monterey • Napa • Nevada • Orange • Placer • Plumas • Riverside • Sacramento • San Benito • San Bernardino • San Diego • San Francisco • San Joaquin • San Luis Obispo • San Mateo • Santa Barbara • Santa Clara • Santa Cruz • Shasta • Sierra • Siskiyou • Solano • Sonoma • Stanislaus • Sutter • Tehama • Trinity • Tulare • Tuolumne • Ventura • Yolo • Yuba v • e State of California Sacramento (capital) | Elections | What's on my ballot? | Elections in 2022 | How to vote | How to run for office | Ballot measures Government | Who represents me? | U.S. President | U.S. Congress | Federal courts | State executives | State legislature | State and local courts | Counties | Cities | School districts | Public policy