Judicial service
District Court, C.D. California
Judge
1992 – 1999 · 7 yrsAppointed by George H.W. Bush
Superior Court of California, County of Orange
Judge
1982 – 1992 · 10 yrsAppointed by Edmund Gerald Brown
Superior Court of California, County of Orange
trial-jud
1980 – 1982 · 2 yrsAppointed by Edmund Gerald Brown
Career
Associate justice pro tem, California Court of Appeal
Fourth District, Division Three
1985 – present · 41 yrs
Associate justice pro tem
Supreme Court of California
1984 – present · 42 yrs
Judge
Superior Court of California, County of Orange
1982 – 1992 · 10 yrs
Judge
North Orange County California Municipal Court
1980 – 1982 · 2 yrs
Private practice
1970 – 1980 · 10 yrs
Private practice
1966 – 1970 · 4 yrs
Education
B.A., Stanford University