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Pamela L. Butler sworn in as Superior Court judge

By Richard Binder

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Deputy District Attorney Pamela L. Butler, who has served with the District Attorney's office since 1995, was named a judge by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and sworn in on December 30. County Presiding Judge Adrienne Grover, who presided over the swearing-in, said the appointment should ease Monterey County's crowded court calendar.

She fills the vacancy created by Judge Gary Meyer's retirement in July 2008. Meyer presided over the King City courthouse.

Butler, 39, of Carmel, is a Republican and a graduate of University of California-Santa Barbara and Southern Methodist University School of Law. During her 15 years with the District Attorney's office, Butler was assigned to appellate work and earned a master's of law degree from Chapman University. She also served as a member of the legal team in the high-profile prosecution of John Kenney of Carmel Valley, who was convicted in 2008 of murdering his neighbors, Mel and Elizabeth Grimes. Kenney is serving a sentence of life without the possibility of parole in state prison.

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on January 04, 2010 (boomark / email).