Superior
Court
Judge
Candidates
• CAREN
CALLAHAN
callahanforjudge2010.com
Caren Callahan is a former Sonoma County
sheriff
deputy who passed the California bar examination the first time without
going to law school, an extremely rare achievement. She then opened a
private practice in Sonoma County concentrating in estate planning,
probate, business, tax and real estate law.
Callahan moved to Mendocino County in 1991 to
continue her practice with clients throughout the country as well as in
Europe. She has appeared before the California First District Appellate
Court on five occasions, and prevailed in four of those cases, two of
them published opinions... setting a precedent and making case law.
She has done significant pro bono work for Face 2
Face, California Rural Legal Aid, AIDS Legal Referral Panel, Redwood
Legal Aid, as a fee arbitrator for the Sonoma County Bar Association,
judge pro tem, and recently, as a court-appointed mediator for the
Mendocino County Superior Court.
• ANN MOORMAN
annmoorman.com
• Attorney for 23 years
with more
than 60 jury trials
• Former Judge Pro Tem
• Handled complex criminal and
civil litigation in county, state and federal courts
• Experienced with all serious
criminal matters including homicide, fraud, narcotics, securities and
tax law
• Extensive civil experience that
includes consumer product safety cases, construction law, civil rights
actions, wrongful death, property law and business transactions
• American College of Trial
Lawyers, Fellow
• Potter Valley Community Health
Clinic, Board of Directors & Past Chairperson
• Women Defenders, Former Member
of Board of Directors
• California Attorneys for
Criminal Justice, President
• 19 year resident of Mendocino
County
• Juris Doctorate, Golden Gate
University School of Law —Honors include: Dean’s list, Class
Commencement Speaker, Women’s Law Review Associate Editor
• Admitted to practice before the
United States Supreme Court, State of California, Second and Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals