James D. Ward (born September 8, 1935) is an associate justice of the California Courts of Appeal, Fourth District, Division Two.
[1] As an attorney, he argued two cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court that defined key rights for the free press under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
[3] Ward was admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court on May 14, 1979, where he went on to win two First Amendment Rights cases.
[1] He left Badger, Schulte & Ward in 1964 to go into civil litigation practice dealing with media-related law in 1964 with Thompson & Colegate where he continued to work until 1993.
[1] He became a Superior Court judge in 1993, receiving an appointment from Governor Pete Wilson on November 29, 1993.