
Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Diego County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2018; deputy district attorney, San Diego County, 2005-18; deputy city attorney, San Diego, 1999-2004.
Law School: California Western School of Law, 1998
San Diego County Superior Court
SAN DIEGO — From an early age, Judge Marcella O. McLaughlin has thought about the importance of public safety.
Her childhood neighborhood was rough. Homeless people camped out near her street in the low income community. Crime was common. She once found an inebriated man passed out on her lawn.
Most haunting, though, is the memory of her mother arriving late to a parent-teacher conferen... (continued)