James D. Ward, Associate Justice

Name: James D. Ward

Position: Justice - Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division Two

• Born 1935 - Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• Married 42 years - Carole J. Ward - three children, two grandchildren
• Resident Riverside County - 38 years
• Military - U.S. Army Reserve - 1958-1964

• B.A., University of South Dakota, 1957
• J.D., University of San Francisco, 1959
• Studied at University of Oslo, Norway, and University of Vienna, Austria 1953-1954
• Judicial Education Courses: National Judicial College, Reno; New York University; California Judicial Education and Research (CJER)
• Miscellaneous Continuing Education of the Bar courses
• Miscellaneous non-legal extension courses at University of California, Riverside

• Deputy District Attorney, Riverside County - 1960-1961
• Law firm of Badger, Schulte & Ward - general practice - 1961-1964
• Law firm of Thompson & Colegate - civil litigation practice - media litigation - 1964-1993
• Judge - Riverside Superior Court - civil trial assignment - 1993-1996
• Associate Justice - Court of Appeal - 1996-date

• California Judges Association (past Chair - Public Information & Education Committee)
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• Riverside County Bar Association Past Presidents Club (Founder)
• First Amendment Coalition
• State Bar Committee to Evaluate JNE Commission (Chair)
• Judicial Council Task Force on Jury Instructions (Vice-Chair)
• Judicial Council Task Force on Quality of Judicial Service (Vice-Chair)
• Inland Empire Response to Criticism Committee - California Juges Association (Chair)

• Board of Governors - State Bar of California (Vice-President)
• Joint State Bar Judicial Council Commission on Discovery (Chair)
• Judicial Nominees Evaluation Commission (Chair)
• Ninth Circuit Judicial Council Lawyer Representative
• American Judicature Society - (Board of Directors)
• Riverside County Bar Association (President)
• Judicial Council Select Committee on Judicial Retirement
• Editorial Board - California Lawyer magazine
• Association of So. Calif. Defense Counsel
• Conference of Delegates of State Bar Executive Committee
• Riverside Barristers (Secretary & Vice-President)
• Legal Aid Society - Community Legal Services (Board of Directors)
• State Bar Administrative Committee (Attorney Discipline)
• Lawyer Reference Service (Board of Directors)
• Tel-Law (Board of Directors)
• Estate Planning Council of Riverside
• Statewide Consortium on Court Delay Reduction
• Federal Magistrate Selection Committee (Chair)
• Leo Deegan Inns of Court (Founding Committee)
• Judge Pro Tem - Riverside Municipal and Superior Courts
• Arbitrator - American Arbitration Association
• Pro Tem Mediator - Court of Appeal
• Testified as an expert on issues of professional competence, attorneys fees and other matters in Riverside, San Bernardino, and Orange Counties
• Chapter author of book - Civil Discovery Practice, California Continuing Education of the Bar
• Author of articles in statewide publications, both legal and nonlegal
• Author of op-ed pieces in Riverside and San Bernardino newspapers

• Riverside County Bar Association Distinguished Service Award
• Argued and won two cases before United States Supreme Court
• Press Enterprise v. Superior Court (I) 464 U.S. 501
• Press Enterprise v. Superior Court (II) 478 U.S. 1
• Executive Committee Conference of Delegates Alumni of the Year
• Legal Secretaries Association King Boss Award
• Listed in numerous "vanity" publications - Best Lawyers in U.S., Who's Who in West, Who's Who in American Law, etc.
• California State Assembly Resolution & Award
• Riverside Downtown Partnership (Chamber of Commerce) - Chairman's Award

• UCRLAW - (Founder and Chair)
• Citizens Unversity Committee (President)
• Riverside Community Hospital Founder's Club
• Frank Miller Club - Mission Inn
• Ad hoc committee to establish Federal District Court in the Inland Empire
• Victoria Avenue Forever

• Riverside Community Hospital Board of Directors
• University of California, Riverside Foundation Board
• Riverside County Historical, Commission (Vice-Chair)
• Riverside Opera Association (President)
• Riverside/University Area Kiwanis (President)
• Kiwanis District Lt. Governor

• Instructor - New Judges Orientation - California Judicial Education and Research (CJER)
• Seminar leader, Judges College (CJER)
• Adjunct professor - University of California, Riverside - legal research/writing, moot court
• Adjunct professor - LaVerne Law School
• Panelist, Continuing Education of the Bar - California Discovery Act
• Lecturer - legal ethics - Riverside County Bar Association
• Guest lecturer - law & media - UCLA and UCR
• Panelist and speaker for numerous other legal and civic groups

• Chapter Author, Civil Discovery Practice, California Continuing Education of the Bar
• "To the U.S. Supreme Court and Back," Statewide Bench/Bar/Media Newsletter, July 1987
• "An Insider's View of the Civil Discovery Act of 1986," Litigation in Brief
• "Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation (JNE)," The Legal Secretary, February 1989
• Book reviews - California Lawyer Magazine
• Miscellaneous articles - Riverside County Bar Bulletin
• Miscellaneous op-ed pieces, Riverside Press-Enterprise, San Bernardino Sun
• "To Sell a Valentine" The Thoroughbred of California, July 1978
• "A Girl, A Horse, A Father" Horseplay magazine, March 1981
• "To Catch a Prince" Air California magazine, January 1978
• "Destination Cabo" Pacific Skipper magazine, December 1979