Truc T. DoIncumbent

Candidate for Court of Appeal Justice, California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division 1, Seat 5

Truc T. Do was born in Pleiku, Vietnam. She came to the U.S. in April 1975. She was a war refugee, at age three. Her family settled in San Diego. They passed through Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton first. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen at age eleven. She earned her bachelor's degree from UCLA. She earned her J.D. from Stanford Law School. She was an associate at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton. That was from 1997 to 1999. She then spent a decade as a deputy district attorney. She worked in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. That ran from 1999 to 2009. She was a partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson. That was from 2009 to 2014. She then was a partner at Jones Day. That was from 2014 to 2018. Governor Jerry Brown appointed her to the San Diego County Superior Court. That was in 2018. She was the court's first Vietnamese American judge. Governor Gavin Newsom later nominated her to a higher court. This was the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division One. The nomination came in December 2020. The Commission on Judicial Appointments confirmed her unanimously. That was on January 14, 2021. She is the first Asian American woman to serve as a justice on the Fourth District. Voters retained her on November 8, 2022. 60.5% voted yes. She appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot again. It is another nonpartisan yes/no retention vote. A majority 'yes' vote lets her keep serving on the court.

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