Orange County Superior Court (Orange)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Orange County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, April 28, 2020; shareholder, chair of labor and employment practice group, Friedman Stroffe & Gerard PC, Irvine, 2000-20; partner, associate, Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP, 1994-2000; senior associate, Pettis Tester Kruse & Krinsky, Irvine, 1990-94; associate, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLC, Los Angeles, 1987-90.
Law School: Univ of San Diego School of Law
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Orange County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, April 28, 2020; shareholder, chair of labor and employment practice group, Friedman Stroffe & Gerard PC, Irvine, 2000-20; partner, associate, Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP, 1994-2000; senior associate, Pettis Tester Kruse & Krinsky, Irvine, 1990-94; associate, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLC, Los Angeles, 1987-90.
Law School: Univ of San Diego School of Law
(Mark Kellam / Daily Journal)
ORANGE — Judge Robert Gerard often tells parents who appear in his dependency court, which deals with child abuse and neglect, to imagine two railroad tracks running side by side.
On each track is a train that has a starting point and an ending point. On one train, with parents onboard, is family reunification, featuring programs, classes and services that will bring them to a successful destination.
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