M Kathleen Butz

California

Since 1982

Associate Justice

California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District

2003 - Current

Judge

Nevada County Superior Court

1996 - 2003

Presiding judge of the Nevada County Superior Court in 2001-2002, presiding judge of the Family & Juvenile Court for Nevada County in 2003, and supervising judge of the Nevada County Civil Grand Jury from 1997 to 1999.

Private practice

Nevada City, California

1982 - 1996

Associate in the law firm of Berliner & Spiller, and partner in the successor firm of Spiller, McProud, Butz & Kraemer.

University of California, Davis, School of Law

J.D. (1981)

University of California - Davis

B.A. (1972)

Schwartz/Levi American Inn of Court

President

Current

Judicial Council’s Appellate Indigent Defense Oversight Advisory Committee

Member

2005 - Current

Executive Board of the California Judges Association

Member

2011 - 2014

Appellate Practice Curriculum Committee

Member

2010 - 2012

Appellate Justices Education Committee

Member

2004 - 2009

CJER’s Rural Courts Education Committee

Chair

2003 - 2004

judicial education for the California Center for Judicial Education and Research (CJER)/B. E. Witkin Judicial College of California

Instructor

1998 - 2003