Endorsements

Lane Liroff has been endorsed by those who know what it takes for our judicial system to best serve the community. In fact, he has more endorsements from other judges than any other candidate. Note the breadth of experience, diversity and integrity represented by these endorsers.

Organizational Endorsements  

Santa Clara County Bar Association

 

Santa Clara County Firefighters

 
Palo Alto Weekly  
Milpitas Post  
   

Law Enforcement

 
Dolores Carr Santa Clara County District Attorney
Laurie Smith Santa Clara County Sheriff
William Lansdowne (ret’d)

Chief, San Jose PD

Joseph McNamara (ret’d) Chief, San Jose PD
Lucy Carlton (ret'd) Chief, Los Altos PD
Adonna Amaroso (ret'd) Deputy Chief, San Jose PD
Kenneth Ferguson (ret’d) Deputy Chief, San Jose PD
Tom Wheatley (ret’d) Assistant Chief, San Jose PD
 
Judges and Court Commissioners
Hon. Joyce Allegro Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Robert Baines Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. John Ball (ret'd) Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Kenneth Barnum Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Susan Bernardini Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Arthur Bocanegra Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Franklin Bondonno Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Griffin Bonini Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Jerome E. Brock Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Dolores Carr (ret'd) Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. R. Donald Chapman (ret'd) Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Sharon Chatman Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Paul Cole Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Linda Condron Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Daniel Creed (ret'd) Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Ron Del Pozzo Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. William J. Elfving Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Alfonso Fernandez Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. William Fernandez (ret'd) Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. John Flaherty (ret'd) Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Robert Foley (ret'd) Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. John Garibaldi Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Nazario Gonzales (ret'd) Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Teresa Guerrero-Daly Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Thomas Hastings (ret'd) Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Charles W. Hayden (ret'd) Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Nancy Hoffman (ret'd) Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Gregory Keosian Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Marliese Kim (ret'd) Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Peter Kirwan Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Ronald Lisk (ret'd) Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Katherine Lucero Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Socrates Manoukian Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Stephen V. Manley Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. William F. Martin (ret'd) Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. John McInerny (ret'd) Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Michele McKay-McCoy Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. William J. Monahan Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Rene Navarro Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Carol Overton Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge

Hon. John S. Pasco (ret’d)

Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Phil Pennypacker Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Edwin Pearce Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Mark Pierce Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Marc Poche Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Hector Ramon Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Kenneth Shapero Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Zaven V. Sinanian Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Douglas Southard Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Melinda Stewart (ret'd) Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Patrick Tondreau Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Jean Wetenkamp Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Derek Woodhouse Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Marilyn P. Zecher (ret'd) Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
Comm. Harold Cole (ret'd)

Santa Clara County Superior Court Commissioner

Comm. Constance E. Jimenez Santa Clara County Superior Court Commissioner
Comm. Kristine McCarthy

Santa Clara County Superior Court Commissioner

Comm. Jesus Valencia Santa Clara County Superior Court Commissioner
Comm. Steven Yep Santa Clara County Superior Court Commissioner
Hon. John A. Trice San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge
   

Elected Officials

Jim Beall, Jr. Assemblyman
Joe Coto Assemblyman
Jim Cunneen (ret'd) Assemblyman
Leo Himmelsbach (ret’d)

former Santa Clara County District Attorney

Anthony (Tony) Spitaleri Mayor, Sunnyvale
Tom McEnery (ret’d) former Mayor, San Jose
Michael Kasperzak former Mayor, Mountain View
Judy Kleinberg (ret'd) Palo Alo City Council
David Cortese Vice Mayor, San Jose
Cindy Chavez (ret'd) former Vice Mayor, San Jose
Mike Potter Santa Clara County Open Space Authority
Judy Chirco San Jose City Council
Kansen Chu San Jose City Council
Pete Constant San Jose City Council
Sam Liccardo San Jose City Council
Madison Nguyen San Jose City Council
Pierluigi Oliverio San Jose City Council
Nancy Pyle San Jose City Council
Forrest Williams San Jose City Council
Patrick Kolstad Santa Clara Council
John Diquisto (ret'd) former San Jose City Councilmember
David Pandori (ret'd) former San Jose City Councilmember
Linda Lezotte (ret'd) former San Jose City Councilmember
Nanci Clarence former President, Bar Association of San Francisco
Donald F. Gage Santa Clara County Supervisor District 1
   
Former Santa Clara County Bar Association Presidents
Richard Alexander
Chris Arriola
John Conway
Kathryn Meier
Hon. Philip Pennypacker
William Priest
Hon. Patrick Tondreau
Alexander Trepel
 

Attorneys

Edward Ajlouny Santa Clara County Attorney
Jacqueline M. Arroyo Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney
F. E. Baldwin Santa Clara County Attorney
Susan Bloomfield Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney
Anthony Boskovitch

Santa Clara County Attorney

Lisa Bryant Santa Clara County Attorney
Khoa D. Bui Santa Clara County Attorney
William Butler Santa Clara Deputy District Attorney
Pinaki Chakravorty Santa Clara Deputy District Attorney
Christopher Carlo

Santa Clara County Attorney

Susan M. Chung Santa Clara County Attorney
Paul Colin Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney
Joseph W. Cotchett, Jr. San Mateo County Attorney, ACTL Fellow
Terrence J. Daily Santa Clara County Attorney
Martha J. Donohoe Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney
Francis B. Doyle Santa Clara County Attorney
Peter Drees Santa Clara County Attorney
William Edlund San Francisco Attorney, ACTL Fellow
Alan B. Exelrod San Francisco Attorney
David H. Ezgar Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney
Stewart Fahmy Santa Clara County Attorney
Thomas O. Farris

Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney

Julius L. Finkelstein Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney
Walt Froloff Santa Cruz County Attorney
Daniel J. Furniss Santa Clara County Attorney, ACTL Fellow
Mike Galli Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney
Christine Garcia-Sen

Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney

Fred Gerbino Santa Clara County Attorney
Robert A. Goodin San Francisco County Attorney, ACTL Fellow
Susana Hamilton Santa Clara County Attorney
Linda Hertzberg Santa Clara County Attorney
Randy Hey San Mateo County Attorney
William P. Hoffman (ret'd) Chief Assistant District Attorney
Guyton N. Jinkerson Santa Clara County Attorney
Thomas V. Kelley Santa Clara County Attorney
Craig S. Kennedy Santa Clara County Public Defender
Martin King Santa Clara County Attorney
Dennis Alan Lempert Santa Clara County Attorney
Linda LeZotte Santa Clara County Attorney
Dennis Luca Santa Clara County Attorney
Robert W. Lyons

Alameda County Attorney

Brian Madden Santa Clara County Attorney
John F. Marshall (ret'd.) Chief Trial Deputy
Daniel Mayfield Santa Clara County Attorney
Harold J. McElhinny San Francisco Attorney, ACTL Fellow
James McManis Santa Clara County Attorney, ACTL Fellow
Robert L. Mezzetti Santa Clara County Attorney
Joseph H. Moless Jr. Dean Lincoln Law School of San Jose
Diane J.N. Morin Santa Clara County Attorney
Craig Needham Santa Clara County Attorney
Mike Nichols Santa Clara County Attorney
Edward Nino Santa Clara County Public Defender
Bick (Paul) N Nguyen Santa Clara County Attorney
Duyen Hoang Nguyen Santa Clara County Attorney
Thomas J. Nolan Santa Clara County Attorney, ACTL Fellow
Daniel Okonkwo

Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney

Kevin Romano Santa Clara County Attorney
Allen Ruby Santa Clara County Attorney, ACTL Fellow
Jesse F. Ruiz

Santa Clara County Attorney, ACTL Fellow

Dale Sanderson Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney
Thompson Sharkey

Santa Clara County Public Defender

Donald M. Shearer (ret'd) Chief Trial Deputy District Attorney
Paul Seidel Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney
Karyn Sinunu Santa Clara County Assistant District Attorney
Lynne R. Snyder

Santa Clara County Attorney

Jack Stein

Santa Clara County Attorney, ACTL Fellow

Peter S. Stern

Santa Clara County Attorney

Peter Waite

Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney

Robin Wakshull Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney
Aaron West Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney
Robert A. Van Nest

San Francisco County Attorney, ACTL Fellow

Mike Vidmar Santa Clara County District Attorney Investigator
Stanley Voyles Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney
   
Citizens  
Harris Barton former San Francisco 49ers lineman
Richard Beard (ret'd) Police Officer
Rev. Lance Beizer  
Theodore and Nancy Biagini (ret'd)  
Steve Bono

former San Francisco 49ers quarterback

John Botti

 
Rachel and James Campagna Home-loan services
Craig Davis Construction
Colette Fahmy  
Arthur Gemmell  
Fariba Graham Heartsavers
Gloria M. Guenther Guenther Financial
Ruben Guizar Santa Clara County Investigator
Hai Huynh President, Le Bail Bonds
Andrew Knehle Investments
Robin and Benjamin Kwong Pharmacy
Julie Lessa Court Employee
Ronnie Lott San Francisco 49ers corner back and member of the Football Hall of Fame
John J. Mac Rostie (ret'd) Engineer
Anne Olson (ret'd)  
Rogert Pyle (ret'd)  
Eric Stietzel (ret'd) College professor
Stephen Tucci (ret'd) Santa Clara County Probation
Keena Turner former San Francisco 49ers linebacker and frequent football commentator for KPIX

Charlene M. Young-Cole

 

 

 

 

 

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