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Words of Advice from Retired Judge Perry Parker
April 23 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
$20Judge Perry Parker, who retired on April 1, 2024, will provide us with some words of advice as to what to do, and what not to do, when appearing in court.
Sutter County Superior Court Judge Perry Parker served our community for 34 years as a Municipal and Superior Court judge prior to his retirement on April 1. He took his oath in 1990 following an appointment by Governor George Deukmejian. After graduating from Pomona College in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Judge Parker received his Juris Doctor from Hastings College of Law at the University of California, San Francisco in 1972 and pass the Bar the same year.
As an attorney, Judge Parker practiced private for 17 years. He was the founding attorney of Chico Area Legal Services and then worked for Price, Burness, and Price, in Chico from 1973 to 1975. He was employed next by the Law Office of Larimer and Evans in Marysville, from 1975 to 1978 when he opened his own practice as a sole practitioner until 1990. He served as the president of the Yuba Sutter Bar Association in 1989, but his term ended after only one month when he was appointed to the bench.
Judge Parker served as the Presiding Judge of the Sutter Superior Court Appellate Division for more than a decade. As a judge, he managed every type of case from small claims to felony criminal matters. He served as the primary civil, family, and probate judge for 20 years until his retirement.
Please RSVP to [email protected], by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.