
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Sonoma County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2018; court commissioner, Sonoma county, 2018; deputy district attorney, Sonoma County, 2006-18; associate, Babin and Seeger, 2005; research attorney, assistant to Judge Julie Spector, King County Superior Court, 2003-05 Law School: Lewis & Clark Law School, 2002
Law School: Northwestern School of Law
Child molestation charges are the most likely cases to go to a full jury trial, no matter what the courtroom, according to Deputy District Attorney Martina Kitzmueller in Sonoma County. That would help explain why such cases show up prominently in newspaper stories about Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Mark Urioste.
But Urioste's commitment to young people seems to go beyond that. When he was appointed court commissioner in 2... (continued)