Career Highlights: Commissioner, San Diego County Superior, 2007-February 2022; sole practitioner, 1993-2007
Law School: Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Signature Resolution
During her long run on the San Diego County Superior Court, retired commissioner Patti C. Ratekin often spent her lunch hour working to resolve family law disputes.
"I've always loved mediation," Ratekin said. "And I used to do it anywhere between three and five days a week on my lunch hour to settle people's cases -- not usually my own but other judges on my hallway."
Ratekin said... (continued)
