Imperial Valley native and longtime attorney William Derek Quan has announced his candidacy for Seat 3 of the Imperial County Superior Court system.
Quan, who opened his law firm in 1997 in El Centro, has also practiced law throughout Southern California in various areas of the law that includes probate, personal injury and criminal law.
Quan is expected to make a formal announcement of his candidacy Saturday during the local Chinese Benevolent Association’s annual Chinese New Year dinner.
Quan’s father, Dr. William Quan, practiced dentistry locally and his mother, the late Anna May Quan, was a teacher who retired from the El Centro Elementary School District in 2006.
Citing his long and varied experience as an attorney, Quan said in a prepared statement that the time is ripe for a change in the judiciary of Imperial County.
“It is time for the residents of Imperial County to decide on their own who should sit as judge in the Superior Court Seat 3,” he said.
Quan’s candidacy has him running against Imperial County Superior Court Judge Diane Altamirano, who was appointed to the bench.
Altamirano, the second woman to be judge in the history of Imperial County, is seeking election to the judgeship. The election is June 5.
A 1989 graduate of Central Union High School, Quan was a double major in political science and economics from the University of California Riverside.
In May 1996 Quan received his juris doctorate from the University of San Diego School of Law, Quan said in his statement.
Quan passed the California State Bar Exam that same year and was sworn in as an attorney, he said.
After receiving encouragement from members of the bar, Quan said, he decided to run for the Seat 3 judgment.
“Mr. Quan invites and welcomes all residents of the Imperial County to come out and get to know him better at any of his upcoming campaign events for Seat 3,” the statement read.
Quan, who opened his law firm in 1997 in El Centro, has also practiced law throughout Southern California in various areas of the law that includes probate, personal injury and criminal law.
Quan is expected to make a formal announcement of his candidacy Saturday during the local Chinese Benevolent Association’s annual Chinese New Year dinner.
Quan’s father, Dr. William Quan, practiced dentistry locally and his mother, the late Anna May Quan, was a teacher who retired from the El Centro Elementary School District in 2006.
Citing his long and varied experience as an attorney, Quan said in a prepared statement that the time is ripe for a change in the judiciary of Imperial County.
“It is time for the residents of Imperial County to decide on their own who should sit as judge in the Superior Court Seat 3,” he said.
Quan’s candidacy has him running against Imperial County Superior Court Judge Diane Altamirano, who was appointed to the bench.
Altamirano, the second woman to be judge in the history of Imperial County, is seeking election to the judgeship. The election is June 5.
A 1989 graduate of Central Union High School, Quan was a double major in political science and economics from the University of California Riverside.
In May 1996 Quan received his juris doctorate from the University of San Diego School of Law, Quan said in his statement.
Quan passed the California State Bar Exam that same year and was sworn in as an attorney, he said.
After receiving encouragement from members of the bar, Quan said, he decided to run for the Seat 3 judgment.
“Mr. Quan invites and welcomes all residents of the Imperial County to come out and get to know him better at any of his upcoming campaign events for Seat 3,” the statement read.
