Education
J.D., McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific
B.A., University of California, Berkeley
Biography
Kurt Kumli is a California Superior Court Judge for the County of Santa Clara. Prior to his appointment, Judge Kumli was the Chief Deputy District Attorney in the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office where he was the primary policy advisor and administrator for all matters relating to juvenile justice. A nationally recognized expert in juvenile law and policy, Judge Kumli has served on the faculty for the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the Center for Judicial Education and Research (CJER), the California Judges Association and a variety of state and national attorney organizations. He has also been appointed by California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ron George to Advisory Committees for the California Judicial Council on three separate occasions, twice as an attorney and once as a bench officer. A John B. Pickett Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, he is the co-author of “California Juvenile Courts: Practice and Procedure” (Matthew Bender, Lexis Publishing). His other publications include articles on gang prosecution, juvenile justice reform, juvenile mental health court, and California’s adult court certification (Fitness) process.
