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Judge Anderle presides over
Dept. 3 in the Santa Barbara
Anacapa Division.
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Judge
Thomas Pearce Anderle
Thomas P. Anderle was born on May
24, 1935, in Lake Linden, Michigan and attended the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor. Upon graduation he became a commissioned
officer in the United States Navy and spent three years serving
in the Pacific on destroyers.
In 1964 Judge Anderle graduated
from the Loyola University School of Law and began clerking for
Justice John J. Ford of the California Court of Appeal. In 1965
he became a Deputy County Counsel in Santa Barbara County and in
1968 he joined a private law partnership. In 1977 he opened his own law practice focusing on water law, education law, and family law. Judge Anderle was a sole practitioner until he was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson to the judiciary in December 1997. He closed his law practice and took the bench in February 1998. Judge Anderle
is a former president of the Santa Barbara County Bar Association,
a past Director and President of the Legal Aid Foundation, and a
past member and President of the Santa Barbara County Board of Education.
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