Judges and Judiciary
Oct. 22, 2002
Commissioner Keeps Cool on Bench
INDIO - Commissioner Ronald G. Lorden doesn't like to embarrass attorneys. To avoid making an out-of-town lawyer look scatterbrained in front of his client recently, Lorden called the attorney into the hallway, out of earshot of the courtroom, and told him he'd filled out the wrong plea form for a drunken-driving case.
Ronald G. Lorden
Superior Court Commissioner
Riverside County (Indio)
Career highlights: Elected by Riverside County judges to Superior Court, April 1999; senior deputy district attorney, Riverside County, 1994-99; sole practitioner, Riverside, 1976-94; associate, Law Office of Robert Garst, 1974-76; assistant district attorney, Riverside County district attorney's office, 1971-74; U.S. Army Reserve, 1968-71
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