San Joaquin County (Stockton)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Joaquin County Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis in 2003, retired October 2023; sole practitioner, Stockton, 1990-2003; associate, Rishwain, Hakeem, Ellis, LeBeouf & Ganzer, Stockton, 1986-1990; deputy public defender, San Joaquin County, 1980-1986
Law School: New College of California, School of Law, San Francisco, 1979
Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Joaquin County Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis in 2003, retired October 2023; sole practitioner, Stockton, 1990-2003; associate, Rishwain, Hakeem, Ellis, LeBeouf & Ganzer, Stockton, 1986-1990; deputy public defender, San Joaquin County, 1980-1986
Law School: New College of California, School of Law, San Francisco, 1979
It’s not often that a judge’s summation of the relevant history of a case begins in the Neolithic Age.
“At the end of the last glacial period, approximately 7,000 years ago, ice from the poles on the continents melted and sea levels rose,” Judge Linda Lofthus wrote towards the start of a ruling dealing with waters flowing from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
The opinion followed... (continued)
