Judge Kevin G. DeNoce was appointed to the bench in 2007, was the Presiding Judge of the Ventura County Superior Court, served as the Supervising Judge for the Civil Division, and previously presided as a Judge in the Criminal and Family Law Divisions. Judge DeNoce was awarded and named "Judge of the Year" by the Ventura County Trial Lawyers Association in 2017, and bestowed with the KOC Public Safety Award in 2022.
Judge DeNoce has conducted more than 500 jury trials including the following types of cases: murder/manslaughter, gang charges, robbery, burglary, kidnapping, sexual assault, battery, DUI, domestic violence, grand theft,medical malpractice, product liability, wrongful death, negligence, trade secrets, auto and airplane accidents, breach of contract, real property transactions, wage disputes, asbestos, employment cases, conservatorships, dangerous road conditions, and many other types of cases. Judge Kevin G. DeNoce has a balanced background to draw on including over 15 years on the bench presiding over civil, criminal, and family law cases, 11 years as a private attorney where he ran his own law firm and represented over 1000 clients, and 9 years as a former Ventura County prosecutor. While practicing as an attorney, Judge DeNoce handled both civil and criminal cases and litigated civil, criminal, and administrative cases. The benefit of having practiced law in both the public and private sectors, and handled a broad spectrum of cases, brings balanced perspective and background to the bench. Judge DeNoce had two cases he handled as an attorney result in nationally published books and has been an instructor at multiple law schools.
Judge DeNoce was a former Senior Deputy District Attorney, former President of the Ventura County Deputy District Attorneys' Association, and former instructor at the Ventura County Sheriff's Academy. While in private practice, he received the Joyce Yoshioka Award from the Ventura County Criminal Defense Bar in recognition for outstanding contribution to the Criminal Justice System.
Judge DeNoce has assisted in the drafting of legislation, and as an attorney successfully argued cases before the California Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. Judge DeNoce received his college degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder and obtained his law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law.
As a private attorney, Judge DeNoce had the unique accomplishment of working with local prosecutors and law enforcement to exonerate a person wrongfully sentenced to life for murder and received local and state awards for having done so. A book about this case was published and referred to by former District Attorney Michael D. Bradbury as "a book that should be at the top of every prosecutor's reading list."
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