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Oct. 23, 2019

Staying challenged

Santa Cruz judge handles a wide variety of case types and works to learn each one well.

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Staying challenged

Kim Baskett

Santa Cruz County (Wastsonville)

Career Highlights: Retired 2020, Appointed to the Santa Cruz County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, May 22, 2017; commissioner, Santa Cruz County Superior Court, 2007-17; referee, Santa Cruz County Superior Court, 2003-07; attorney, Santa Cruz County Counsel's Office, 1994-2003.

Law School: Monterey School of Law, 1993
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WATSONVILLE — Judge Kim E. Baskett calls her assignment the “hodgepodge.”

Forty percent of the cases she sees in Santa Cruz County Superior Court involve family law, mostly marriage dissolutions, separations, child custody and visitation disputes. Then, on Tuesday mornings, she covers a civil harassment calendar, which includes workplace violence and elder protection, areas of focus requiring a great deal of time because... (continued)

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