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Judges and Judiciary

Dec. 23, 2011

San Bernardino getting new presiding judge

Ronald M. Christianson, a 17-year veteran of the San Bernardino County Superior Court bench, will take over as its presiding judge on Jan. 3.


By Jason W. Armstrong


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN BERNARDINO - Ronald M. Christianson, a 17-year veteran of the San Bernardino County Superior Court, will take over as its presiding judge Jan. 3.


He succeeds Judge Douglas Elwell in the two-year administrative position.


Christianson, who served as assistant presiding judge under Elwell, takes the helm at a time of unprecedented budgetary and caseload challenges for trial courts s...

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