
Career Highlights: Elected to the San Diego County Superior Court, June 2008, appointed to vacant seat by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger; deputy district attorney, San Diego County, 1990-2008; civil litigator, Lindley, Lazar & Scales, 1990.
Law School: University of San Diego School of law
VISTA — “Do you feel like the bear or the fish?” Such is the question Judge Blaine K. Bowman occasionally shares with lawyers once a trial or hearing has adjourned. His courtroom walls are adorned with pictures of landscapes and wildlife he took as a professional photographer. One image shows the moment a grizzly catches a salmon out of Brooks Falls in Alaska.
The interview took place in his office, but it’s on the bench where t... (continued)