
Career Highlights: Appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown in July 2018. She has been an assistant county counsel and senior civil attorney in the Office of the Ventura County Counsel since 2014. She worked at a trio of private firms between 2001 and 2014. She was most recently of counsel with Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates.
Law School: Loyola Law School
Ventura County Superior Court
VENTURA — When Judge Ronda J. McKaig left small town Santa Paula after high school to eventually become a big city lawyer in Los Angeles, she didn’t think she’d return.
But several years ago, the judge and her family moved back to her hometown so her kids could enjoy some of her childhood experiences, like riding horses and raising pigs. Her son has, in fact, groomed a pig through the local 4-H club that he hopes will tak... (continued)