COURT: San Francisco Superior
2011 ASSIGNMENT: Criminal trials
APPOINTED: 2010 by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
LAW SCHOOL: UC-Berkeley School of Law
PREVIOUS POLITICAL OFFICE: Labor commissioner of California (2007 to 2010)
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: Carroll, Burdick & McDonough (1982 to 2007) (managing partner 1997 to 2000, 2004 to 2007)
AGE: 56
PLACE OF BIRTH: London
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Democrat
CLE: gender bias, diversity, employment law
Q: What has the criminal court been like for you, coming from the civil side?
