Orange County (Santa Ana)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Orange County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger July 16, 2009; deputy attorney general, California, 1997-2009; associate, Rutan & Tucker LLP, Costa Mesa, 1996-97; clerk, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Melvin T. Brunetti, Reno, Nevada, 1995-96
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law, 1995
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Orange County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger July 16, 2009; deputy attorney general, California, 1997-2009; associate, Rutan & Tucker LLP, Costa Mesa, 1996-97; clerk, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Melvin T. Brunetti, Reno, Nevada, 1995-96
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law, 1995
Superior Court Judge Deborah C. Servino
SANTA ANA -- Twenty years before Judge Deborah C. Servino took the bench, a 10th grade government class assignment introduced her to the law. She was to study proceedings at a courthouse and interview someone in the courtroom, and the judge she picked heartily endorsed his profession.
"He said, 'If you love to be intellectually stimulated, the law is the job for you, because the law's always changing, and there's always a... (continued)
