• California Court of Appeal, 2nd District

  Associate Justice

  2014 – present · 12 yrsAppointed by Edmund Gerald Brown

• District Court, C.D. California

  Chief Judge

  2009 – 2012 · 3 yrs

• District Court, C.D. California

  Judge

  1994 – 2014 · 20 yrsAppointed by William Jefferson Clinton

Career

• Assistant District Attorney

  1992 – 1994 · 2 yrs

• Deputy General Counsel

  Office of the Special Advisor to the Los Angeles California Police Department Board of Commissioners

  1992 – present · 34 yrs

• Assistant Director

  Bureaus of Central and Special Operations

  1988 – 1992 · 4 yrs

• Head Deputy

  Torrance Branch Office

  1987 – 1988 · 1 yr

• Deputy District Attorney

  1978 – 1994 · 16 yrs

• Assistant attorney

  1977 – present · 49 yrs

Education