Judge Peggy Fulton Hora retired in 2006 from the California Superior Court after serving 21 years.  She had a criminal assignment that included presiding over the Drug Treatment Court.  She is a former dean of the B.E. Witkin Judicial College of California and has been on the faculty of the National Judicial College since 1992.  She is a recipient of the Bernard S. Jefferson Judicial Education Award from the California Judges’ Association. Judge Hora is a Senior Judicial Fellow for the National Drug Court Institute.

Judge Hora has lectured nationally and internationally and has written extensively on issues surrounding substance abuse, domestic violence, drug treatment courts, cultural competence and therapeutic jurisprudence. The appellate court and over 100 journals and law reviews have cited her work.

Her recent projects include drug treatment court seminars and onsite technical assistance in Santiago, Valparaiso and Iquique, Chile. Her latest article, “Drug court treatment for methamphetamine dependence: Treatment response and posttreatment outcomes” was published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment in 2008.