Career Highlights: Appointed to the Tulare County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown in June 2018. Worked as an assistant district attorney 2016-2018, and several other prosecutor positions in the preceding 17 years
Tulare County Superior Court
VISALIA — Retired Judge Ron Cuillard stepped back into the courtroom to perform one final judicial duty: swear in his daughter, Judge Kerri Lopez, to the bench.
She keeps a framed picture of the moment near her chambers desk, a culmination of the years she followed in her father’s footsteps that dates back to watching him in action as a little girl.
“It’s like watching a TV show and your... (continued)