COURT:Santa Clara County Superior
2011 ASSIGNMENT: Commissioner — small claims, domestic violence restraining orders
APPOINTED: Selected commissioner in 1987
LAW SCHOOL: Santa Clara University School of Law
PREVIOUS JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE: Temporary referee, Santa Clara County Superior Court (1983 to 1986)
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: Research assistant, American Justice Institute (1975); assistant staff director, Santa Clara Superior Court’s two-year judicial pilot program on criminal justice (1976 to 1978); director, traffic safety drinking driver program (1978 to 1981); consultant, Central Counties Safety Council alcohol programs (1981 to 1983); deputy county counsel, Santa Clara County (1986 to 1987)
AGE: 62
PLACE OF BIRTH: Los Angeles
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Declined to state
Q: What do you enjoy most about being a commissioner?
