Statewide Judicial Committees:
Judicial Council Technology Committee, Chair
- Advisory Member of Judicial Council
Trial Court Presiding Judges Advisory Committee, Chair, September 2014 to September 2015
Commission on the Future of the California Court System
- Executive Committee Member
Trial Court Presiding Judges Advisory Committee, Vice-Chair, September 2013 to 2014
Trial Court Presiding Judges Executive Committee
- Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee
- Funding Methodology Subcommittee Member
- Co-Chair of Revenue and Expenditure Subcommittee
Trial Court Presiding Judges Liaison to the Judicial Council Technology Committee, 2012 to 2014
Task Force on Trial Court Fiscal Accountability
Technology Planning Task Force
- Lead of the Funding Track of the Technology Task Force
Prior Judicial Assignments:
September 2012 to December 31, 2015 – Presiding Judge for San Bernardino County Superior Court
October 2007 to December 2010 – Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court (Dependency & Delinquency); Criminal and Civil
Appointment/Election:
Appointed by Governor Gray Davis in August 2003 (Oath taken August 22, 2003)
– elected in 2006 and 2012 unopposed
Education:
Juris Doctor (1986) – Whittier College School of Law, Whittier, CA; B.A. (1980) Ottawa University, Ottawa, KS
Memberships/Awards:
- Inland Empire Latino Lawyers Association Judge of Justice Award 2015
- Kaufman-Campbell Award 2014 (San Bernardino County Bar Association)
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Trial Judge of the Year 2013
- San Bernardino Associated Government Justice Award 2013
- California Probation, Parole and Correctional Association Judicial Award 2010
