• District Court, C.D. California

  Judge

  1984 – 2014 · 30 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

• Superior Court of California, County of Orange

  Judge

  1978 – 1983 · 5 yrsAppointed by Edmund Gerald Brown

• Superior Court of California, County of Orange

  trial-jud

  1976 – 1978 · 2 yrsAppointed by Edmund Gerald Brown

Career

• Private practice

  1983 – 1984 · 1 yr

• Judge

  Superior Court of California, County of Orange

  1978 – 1983 · 5 yrs

• Justice pro tem

  California Court of Appeal, Fourth District

  1977 – present · 49 yrs

• Judge

  Harbor Judicial District California Municipal Court

  1976 – 1978 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1973 – 1976 · 3 yrs

• Deputy district attorney

  1967 – 1973 · 6 yrs

Education