
Career Highlights: Elected San Diego County Superior Court judge, 2012; deputy district attorney, San Diego County, 1987-2012; law book salesman, Matthew Bender, San Diego, 1986-87; associate, Harvey L. Walner & Associates, Chicago, 1985-86.
SAN DIEGO — “I am a public servant.”
That phrase is on a written notecard on Judge David L. Berry’s bench, to remind him, day after day, “I am here to serve the public, the litigants, the attorneys, the jurors, the public who are in the courtroom, and our community.”
He’s handled most types of law during his decade since being elected. Whether it’s family law or criminal cases — the latter being his c... (continued)