• District Court, S.D. California

  Judge

  2014 – present · 12 yrsAppointed by Barack Hussein Obama 2

• Superior Court of California, County of San Diego

  Judge

  2000 – 2014 · 14 yrsAppointed by Joseph Graham Davis

Career

• presiding judge

  juvenile court

  2010 – 2013 · 3 yrs

• Judge

  Superior Court of California, County of San Diego

  2000 – 2014 · 14 yrs

• chief of border crimes

  1997 – 1998 · 1 yr

• deputy chief of narcotics

  1995 – 1997 · 2 yrs

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  Southern District of California

  1989 – 2000 · 11 yrs

• Private practice

  1986 – 1989 · 3 yrs

Education