Career Highlights: Appointed to the Orange County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, May 16, 2008, retired July 31, 2023; coordinator, Orange County Financial Abuse Specialists Team, 2003-08, and Los Angeles County FAST, 2007-08; sole practitioner, 1993-2003; associate, Law Offices of Laura Hinrichs, 1992-93; associate, Pothier & Hinrichs, 1990-92; general counsel, Traveler's Insurance Co., 1988-90; general counsel, Westworld Community Healthcare Inc., 1985-87
Law School: University of Irvine School of Law, 1979
Trusts, probate, elder abuse, family
In her many years as an expert on elder abuse, an attorney and a judge, Kim Hubbard says she always tried to ensure that the people at the center of her cases were free to make their own decisions about their lives.
Elders, Hubbard said, should "have every opportunity to still exercise their will, every opportunity to be out and about."
Everyone wants to have power over their own life, she said. "It doesn't mean that you're rich or famous to b... (continued)
