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Jul. 31, 2019

Case Mover

Energetic in settlements, Kings County Judge Donna Tarter spots both sides’ weaknesses

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Case Mover

Donna Tarter

Kings County

Career Highlights: Kings County Superior Court, 2009-October 2021, appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger; coordinating attorney, Kings County Board of Supervisors, 2000-09; public defender, Kings County, 1993-2000; associate attorney, Law Offices of Steven D. Barnes, 1990-93

Law School: San Joaquin College of Law, 1990
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Reading mail from prison inmates is part of the job, and Kings County Superior Court Judge Donna L. Tarter takes it seriously. So when a three-striker sent her a habeas corpus writ petition in 2017 pointing out that his roof leaked, she looked into the matter.

Tarter is the presiding judge of a seven-jurist bench in a county with state prisons in Corcoran and Avenal. Handed a robe by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2009, sh... (continued)

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