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PUBLIC NOTICE:

Yolo Superior Court will celebrate Juror Appreciation Week, May 13–17 to recognize the service and participation of jurors from our local community who devote their time and effort in “making the cherished right of trial by jury a reality.” Please click here to read the article by Judge Daniel P. Maguire.

Judge Hohenwarter

  • CATHERINE R. HOHENWARTER

    CATHERINE R. HOHENWARTER

    Appointed By or Elected and Sworn in:

    • Appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom and sworn in on June 28, 2023

    Judicial Assignments:

    • Criminal (2023-current)

    STATEWIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE:

    • Judicial Council’s Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee (2017-2020)

    PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

    • California Judges Association (2020-present)
    • National Association of Women Judges (2021-present)
    • Schwartz-Levi Inn of Court (2012-present)
    • Yolo Bar Association (1999-present)

    PRE-JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE:

    • Commissioner at Yolo Superior Court (2020-2023)
    • Supervising Research Attorney, Yolo Superior Court (2019-2020)
    • Judge Pro Tem, Yolo Superior Court (2016-2019)
    • Family Law Facilitator/ Family Court Service Manager, Yolo Superior Court (2015-2019)
    • Self-Help Attorney/ Family Law Facilitator, Yolo Superior Court (2011-2015)
    • Legal Research Attorney, Yolo Superior Court (2007-2011)
    • Solo Practitioner, Law Office of Catherine Hohenwarter, Woodland, CA (1997-2007)
    • Associate Attorney, Law Office of Robert P. Kahn, Atherton, CA (1993-1996)
    • Associate Attorney, Lossing & Elston, San Francisco, CA (1990-1993)

    Academic Credentials:

    • Juris Doctorate from University of Idaho School of Law (1990)
    • Bachelor of Arts from University of Middlebury College (1985)