Julia A. Emede (Santa Clara County)
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara
insufficient Left–Right record (FairPAC / Wake the Bench assessment — not an official court label): Insufficient public record.
Judge matrix ThinNot enough public cites yet
Cite-only multi-axis Soft. FairPAC assessment — not an official court label. Evidence depth: Deep. Legacy letter alias: C (transitional only). How the matrix works.
- 1 · Role fidelity
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No sourced pattern attached yet — Bay Area roster Soft only. - 2 · Judicial craft
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No sourced pattern attached yet — Bay Area roster Soft only. - 3 · Rights & liberty
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No sourced pattern attached yet — Bay Area roster Soft only. - 4 · Public safety
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No sourced pattern attached yet — Bay Area roster Soft only. - 5 · Separation of powers
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No sourced pattern attached yet — Bay Area roster Soft only. - 6 · Ethics & fitness
- No public discipline on file · N/A
Absence of attached public CJP discipline is not a purity claim.
Research status: grades use public cites only; thin records stay C until sourced. How we research.
- Court
- Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara
- Office
- District / seat
- Santa Clara County Superior Court
- County
- Santa Clara County
- Appellate district
- District 6
- Election
- unknown
- Composite
- ThinNot enough public cites yet Researchable but unsourced — default until cites land. Alias of legacy C when thin.
- Legacy letter
- C Mixed / thin record (alias only)
- Record lean
- insufficient
Public decisions (chronological · cite-only)
No published public decisions attached yet for this Soft profile. Superior Court trial records are mostly unpublished; we list only cite-sourced published opinions or CJP decisions.
This section will grow chronologically as published opinions / CJP decisions are Soft-attached. We never invent case holdings or a complete trial docket.
California published opinions · CJP decisions
About this listing
Superior Court judge, Santa Clara County — roster Soft from official court source (Bay Area mine 2026-09-25).
Deep dive Deep
Cite-only career / advocacy Soft profile. FairPAC / Wake the Bench assessment — not an official court label.
Background
Presiding Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court. Prior court service includes Criminal Domestic Violence Court, Provisional Remedies and Appellate Division, Probate Court, Family Court, Misdemeanor Court, and Civil Court (per court biography PDF).
Education
Undergraduate degree, Michigan State University; J.D., University of California College of the Law, San Francisco — per court biography PDF.
Prior professional work
Family law attorney before appointment (marital/domestic partnership dissolutions, adoptions, guardianships, court-appointed representation of children); presenter at judicial/CLE seminars; previously taught Community Property and Family Law at Santa Clara University School of Law — per court biography PDF.
Advocacy / public roles
Not yet sourced — researchable.
Appointment / elevation
Appointed to the Santa Clara County Superior Court bench in December 2009; currently serving as Presiding Judge (per court biography PDF).
Soft Deep from Santa Clara Superior Court biography PDF. Grade stays C. Soft-applied to Soft-name variant Julia A. Emede from same court PDF.
Cite-only. We never invent career history or advocacy.
Why this grade — metrics
See methodology.
Public discipline (CJP)
Check the Commission on Judicial Performance before relying on any grade. We do not invent findings.
cjp.ca.gov decisions by judges
Sources
- Source · — source
- Commission on Judicial Performance — public decisions
- Grade methodology — methodology.html