
Career Highlights: Appointed as a Sacramento County Superior Court Judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2018-present; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, partner, 2016-2017, associate, 2006-2016; law clerk, U.S. Eastern District of California, 2005-2006.
Law School: UC Davis School of Law, 2005
SACRAMENTO — It’s probably fitting that Judge Lauri A. Damrell occupies a judicial seat once held by the late Michael J. Virga, a longtime judge who was also the father of the now-retired Judge Michael G. Virga.
Damrell herself is the daughter, granddaughter and daughter-in-law of former judges. Her father is Bruce W. Kauffman, who sat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1980 to 1982 and on the U.S. Eastern District ... (continued)