
Career Highlights: Appointed commissioner by Merced County Superior Court judges, October 2018; staff attorney, Merced County Superior Court, 2012-18; staff attorney, San Mateo County Superior Court, 2010-12; sole practitioner, Fresno, 2007-10; attorney, Judicial Council of California (formerly California Administrative Office of the Courts), San Francisco, 2000-07; associate, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, San Francisco, 1997-2000; judicial clerk, Sonoma County Superior Court, 1995-97 Law School: UC Davis School of Law, 1995
MERCED — In the early 1990s, Commissioner David Foster chased his dream of moving to Hollywood and pursuing a film-making career like his father, but ultimately, he couldn’t find passion in his work as an assistant cameraman.
Leaving his hometown in Maine, Foster hoped to produce more than his dad’s portfolio of corporate videos and a few local documentaries.
“I worked on some movies of ... (continued)