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Download Hon. Treat ReportThe Hon. Charles S. Treat is a judge of the Superior Court of Contra Costa County in California. Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed him to the bench in October 2005. Treat was automatically re-elected in 2014 after running unopposed.
Judge Treat earned his B.A. in political philosophy from Michigan State University in 1977. He later received his J.D. from the University of Chicago in 1980, graduating with honors.
He began his legal career as a law clerk for the Hon. John Minor Wisdom on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans, Louisiana. Then from 1982 to 1983, he clerked for United States Supreme Court Justice William Brennan. In 1988 Treat became a civil litigation partner at the firm Latham & Watkins.
Treat worked on two noteworthy cases while practicing at Latham & Watkins. The first is a 12-year contract arbitration battle, which resulted with an en banc Ninth Circuit decision and the recovery of a 9-figure amount on behalf of his client. The other case was a successful settlement in a suit against a Central Valley municipality in which Treat's efforts managed to save the building permits of low-income farmworkers.
Judge Treat and his wife live in Lafayette, California. He has two sons.
He is registered as a Democrat.
Dec 6, 2019 | Judge Charles S. Treat | Contra Costa County, CA
SPECIALLY SET HEARING ON: COMPLIANCE AND STATUS SET BY COURT * TENTATIVE RULING: * The final report on distribution of the class action award is approved.
...Dec 6, 2019 | Judge Charles S. Treat | Contra Costa County, CA
HEARING ON DEMURRER TO 1st Amended COMPLAINT FILED BY ALEXANDER P. STROUD * TENTATIVE RULING: * See line 13. * TENTATIVE RULING: * The petition to confirm an arbitration award is taken off calendar because it has not been properly served. Petitioner served his petition only by e-mail, with no indication of...
Dec 6, 2019 | Judge Charles S. Treat | Contra Costa County, CA
HEARING ON MOTION TO STRIKE PUNITIVE & EXEMPLARY DAMAGES FILED BY WILD IDOL LLC * TENTATIVE RULING: * By stipulation this motion is continued to December 13.
...HOCKETT VS. COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA
Dec 6, 2019 | Judge Charles S. Treat | Contra Costa County, CA
HEARING ON MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE FILED BY DEREK HOCKETT * TENTATIVE RULING: * Plaintiff, who is in pro per and is at present in custody, moves for a continuance. He doesn’t say exactly what he wants to continue, but apparently it is the case management conference now calendared for December 16. Plaintiff ...
THOMPSON BUILDERS VS. LAFAYETTE
Dec 6, 2019 | Judge Charles S. Treat | Contra Costa County, CA
HEARING ON MOTION TO STRIKE VILLARA CORPORATION’S MEMO. OF COSTS FILED BY THOMPSON BUILDERS CORPORATION, * TENTATIVE RULING: * Plaintiff Thompson’s motion to strike the memorandum of costs of defendant Villara Corporation is denied. This action arose principally as a dispute between Thompson (the general c...
Dec 6, 2019 | Judge Charles S. Treat | Contra Costa County, CA
HEARING ON MOTION TO QUASH OR MODIFY DEPOSITION SUBPOENAS FILED BY BRACHIUM, INC. * TENTATIVE RULING: * By request of both parties, this motion is continued to January 10, 2020.
...M.F. VS. CLAYTON VALLEY CHARTER
Dec 6, 2019 | Judge Charles S. Treat | Contra Costa County, CA
HEARING ON MOTION TO STRIKE 2nd Amended COMPLAINT FILED BY CONTRA COSTA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION * TENTATIVE RULING: * Moot, in light of the ruling on this defendant’s demurrer (Line 8).
...Dec 6, 2019 | Judge Charles S. Treat | Contra Costa County, CA
HEARING ON DEMURRER TO 1st Amended COMPLAINT FILED BY STROUD DEVELOPMENT * TENTATIVE RULING: * Defendant Stroud Development’s demurrer to causes of action 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35 and 38 in the First Amended Complaint is overruled. Defendant Alexander Stroud’s demurrer to causes of actio...
JAMES SIMMONS VS. TERESA TORCHIA
Dec 6, 2019 | Judge Charles S. Treat | Contra Costa County, CA
HEARING ON DEMURRER TO 1st Amended COMPLAINT FILED BY CITY OF BRENTWOOD, et al. * TENTATIVE RULING: * Defendants City of Brentwood and its employees, Officers Tally, Rezentes, and Kathain (Police Defendants) demur to the only cause of action in plaintiff’s first amended complaint (FAC) directed against the...
SIMON VS. STARBUCKS CORPORATION
Dec 6, 2019 | Judge Charles S. Treat | Contra Costa County, CA
HEARING ON MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION & STAY PROCEEDINGS FILED BY STARBUCKS CORPORATION, et al. * TENTATIVE RULING: * Defendants’ motion to compel arbitration is granted. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Zachary Simon has Tourette Syndrome as well as other diagnosed disabilities. Plaintiff was employed as a barista ...
