The Hon. Donna D. Geck is a judge for the Santa Barbara County Superior Court in California. She was appointed to the bench by former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2010.
She is registered decline-to-state.
Judge Geck graduated with her B.A. in journalism from Marquette University in Wisconsin in 1971. She then earned her J.D. from the University of North Dakota Law School in 1976.
After law school, Geck worked briefly as an assistant public defender with the State of Minnesota Board of Public Defense at the Second District Management Office. After a year there, she would enter into private practice, where she would remain until her appointment to the Superior Court in 2010.
During her time in private practice, Geck worked for various law firms in Minnesota before landing at the Santa Barbara law firm of Hager and Dowling in 1995. Her practice centered on civil litigation, which included jury and court trials as well as arbitrations and mediations. She was certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and also served as a settlement master for the Superior Court. Geck was licensed to practice in North Dakota (1976), Minnesota (1976), Wisconsin (1989), and California (1996).
While on the bench, Judge Geck has presided over criminal arraignments as well as a civil calendar.
Her memberships have included the American Board of Trial Advocates, the William L. Gordon Inns of Court, the Santa Barbara Women Lawyers, the California Judges Association, and past-president of the California Coast Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Geck received the Deborah Talmage Attorney of the Year Award from the Santa Barbara Women Lawyers in 2011.
She has served as a judge for the Teen Court.
AQUEOS CORPORATION VS ROK SOLID EXPLORATION & RECOVERY LLC ET AL
Feb 26, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Motion: Set Aside
Tentative not yet posted, please check again.
...JACK CHAVEZ VS ANACAPA CONCRETE INC
Feb 26, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Motion to Compel
Tentative not yet posted, please check again.
...BRADFORD H HACK ET AL VS BARBARA JO THURMAN ET AL
Feb 26, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Motions for Preliminary Injunction
Tentative not yet posted, please check again.
...AQUEOS CORPORATION VS ROK SOLID EXPLORATION & RECOVERY LLC ET AL
Feb 26, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Motion: Set Aside
Tentative Ruling: The court grants the motion of defendants Rok Solid Exploration & Recovery, LLC, and Johnathan Kendrick to set aside and vacate their defaults and the default judgment entered on December 3, 2020.
Background: On October 13, 2020, pl...
JUDITH M HALL VS JAVIER JONATHAN ANTUNEZ ET AL
Feb 26, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Motion to Compel
TENTATIVE RULING: Plaintiff’s motion to compel defendant Esther Emiko Trejo-Takembaiyee to provide further responses to Form Interrogatories, Set One, is granted as set forth herein. Defendant’s further responses shall be provided on or before March 8, 2021.<...
JUDITH M HALL VS JAVIER JONATHAN ANTUNEZ ET AL
Feb 26, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Motion to Compel
Tentative not yet posted, please check again.
...AMANDA SIEGEL VS THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ET AL
Feb 26, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Case Management Conference; (2) Discovery Motions
Tentative not yet posted, please check again.
...GEORGE RUNICE VS DEBORA CASSIO
Feb 26, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Hearing Re Financial Distress
Tentative not yet posted, please check again.
...COURTNEY CROSBY ET AL VS SPITZER HELICOPTER LLC ET AL
Feb 26, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Motion to Quash; Motion to Seal
Tentative not yet posted, please check again.
...RUSSELL STEINER VS TENPENNY CONSTRUCTIONS COMPANY INC ET AL
Feb 26, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: (2) Motions to Compel
Tentative not yet posted, please check again.
...JEFFREY BOWEN ET AL VS PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE LP ET AL
Feb 19, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Case Management Conference; Demurrer
Tentative not yet posted, please check again.
...JEFFREY BOWEN ET AL VS PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE LP ET AL
Feb 19, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Case Management Conference; Demurrer
Tentative Ruling:
Plaintiffs’ opposition to the demurrer relies heavily upon the recent decision in State Lands Commission v. Plains Pipeline, L.P. (2020) 57 Cal.App.5th 582, for which a petition for review is now pending in the Ca...
KELLOGG SQUARE, LLC ET AL VS CITY OF GOLETA ET AL
Feb 19, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Motion: Prejudgment Possession
Tentative not yet posted, please check again.
...SOPHIE STRASBURG ET AL VS SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ET AL
Feb 19, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Motion: Leave
Tentative Ruling:
Plaintiffs seek leave to file a FAC, adding a defendant to this action. Given the liberal policy of the courts toward amendment of pleadings, it would be an abuse of the court’s discretion to deny the motion at this time, particularly ...
SOPHIE STRASBURG ET AL VS SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ET AL
Feb 19, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Motion: Leave
Tentative not yet posted, please check again.
...PETER TREJO ET AL VS PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE LP ET AL
Feb 19, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Cse Management Conference; Demurrer
Tentative not yet posted, please check again.
...PETER TREJO ET AL VS PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE LP ET AL
Feb 19, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Cse Management Conference; Demurrer
Tentative Ruling:
Plaintiffs’ opposition to the demurrer relies heavily upon the recent decision in State Lands Commission v. Plains Pipeline, L.P. (2020) 57 Cal.App.5th 582, for which a petition for review is now pending in the Ca...
GRANT BEALL ET AL VS RONALD L. WOLFE AND ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED
Feb 05, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Motion to Compel; Case Management Conference
Tentative not yet posted, please check again.
...RUSSELL STEINER VS TENPENNY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC ET AL
Feb 05, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: (3) Motions to Compel
Tentative Ruling:
1. Defendant Tenpenny Construction Company, Inc.’s motion to compel further responses to special interrogatories, set one, is moot. The court denies both parties’ requests for monetary sanctions.
2. The court continues t...
JENNY BELFORTE ET AL VS REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ET AL
Feb 05, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: (3) Motions for Good Faith Settlement
TENTATIVE RULING:
For the reasons set forth herein, the motions of defendants Andrew Waugh, Jeffrey Waugh, and Courtney Waugh-Schreiber and David Schreiber for determination that their settlement with plaintiffs is in good faith a...
AMANDA SIEGEL VS THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ET AL
Feb 05, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Motion to Compel; (2) Discovery Motions
Tentative not yet posted, please check again.
...BRADFORD H. HACK ET AL VS BARBARA JO THURMAN ET AL
Feb 05, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Motion: Preliminary Injunction
Tentative not yet posted, please check again.
...VALENTE ANGELES VS JORGE CONTRERAS SANTILLAN
Feb 05, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Case Management Conference; Default
Tentative not yet posted, please check again.
...AMANDA SIEGEL VS THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ET AL
Feb 05, 2021 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Motion to Compel; (2) Discovery Motions
Tentative Ruling:
1. The court denies plaintiff Amanda Siegel’s motion to compel defendant The Regents of the University of California to provide further responses to requests for production of documents (set three).
2. ...
Please wait a moment while we load this page.
