Daniel J. Kremer (born November 21, 1937) is a former Presiding Justice of the

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, having been appointed to the post by

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in 1985. Born in

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, Kremer attended Everett High School in

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, but his attendance at the school was interrupted when he contracted

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in one of the last epidemics of the disease in the 1950s. Kremer won the state title of best high school debater as a senior and graduated from Everett in 1956. Kremer earned his

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in 1960 from

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, where he served as captain of the debate team for two years and won the Joffre Debate against the

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. After earning his

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from

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in 1963, Kremer served as a

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. In 1972, he was promoted to head of the criminal division in the Attorney General's

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office. In 1983, Kremer was again promoted, this time to Chief Assistant Attorney General heading the statewide criminal division. Later that year,

appointed Kremer to serve as a

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Judge. In 1985, Deukmejian elevated Kremer to serve as Presiding Justice of the

. During his service as Presiding Justice, Kremer served as Chair of the Judicial Council's Criminal Trial Delay Reduction Committee, Library Technology Committee, and Court Facilities Task Force. The Judicial Council named Kremer the 2002

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of the Year. As Presiding Justice, Kremer wrote court opinions ruling in favor of a grower by upholding a $1.7 million judgment against the

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for holding an illegal

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, in favor of a teenager by overturning a $166.50

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imposed by a

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, that a widowed father should be given custody of his daughter after his parents-in-law and their attorney used "inexcusable" tactics to try to take custody from him, that an

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could not sue to recover losses that occurred in

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, that a

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mother convicted of

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could be charged with

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child-stealing for taking her teenage son from his

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father without violating her constitutional protection against

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, that a city did not act with

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in a surfer's death by failing to call for off-duty

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s, that

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did have

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to arrest the co-worker of a bludgeoned teenage murder victim, that the owner of an

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complex could refuse to allow the installation of

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equipment, and that doctors reporting suspected cases of

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were immune from lawsuits by parents. Presiding Justice Kremer has been active in legal education through programs for the California Judges Association, San Diego law schools and a variety of lawyer and civic groups. After serving as Presiding Justice for 18 years, Kremer retired on July 31, 2003.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kremer, Daniel J. 1937 births Living people Stanford University alumni Stanford Law School alumni Judges of the California Courts of Appeal People from Olympia, Washington People from San Diego County, California Politicians from Everett, Washington