Orange County (Orange) Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Orange County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger July 16, 2009; deputy attorney general, California, 1997-2009; associate, Rutan & Tucker LLP, Costa Mesa, 1996-97; clerk, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Melvin T. Brunetti, Reno, Nevada, 1995-96
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law, 1995
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Orange County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger July 16, 2009; deputy attorney general, California, 1997-2009; associate, Rutan & Tucker LLP, Costa Mesa, 1996-97; clerk, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Melvin T. Brunetti, Reno, Nevada, 1995-96
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law, 1995
By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer
ORANGE - One day soon after joining the Orange County Superior Court, Judge Deborah J. Chuang heard a misdemeanor jury trial.
It was the very first jury trial of her legal career.
A former deputy attorney general, Chuang had spent nearly all her time in practice handling criminal appeals. So days like the one when she sentenced a felon in the morning and conducted a traffic-ticket trial in the aft... (continued)
