Monterey County Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed Monterey County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, December 2013; city attorney, Salinas, 2005-13; sole practitioner, Monterey, 2002-04; general counsel, vice president of human resources, Natural Selection Foods LLC, San Juan Bautista, 2000-01; attorney, Lombardo & Gilles LLP (now Anthony Lombardo & Associates Inc.) 1995-2000; executive director, Center for Community Advocacy, Salinas, 1990-95; associate attorney, Heller Ehrman LLP, San Francisco, 1988-90; law clerk to 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Thomas Tang, Phoenix, Arizona, 1987-88
Law School: Stanford Law School
Career Highlights: Appointed Monterey County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, December 2013; city attorney, Salinas, 2005-13; sole practitioner, Monterey, 2002-04; general counsel, vice president of human resources, Natural Selection Foods LLC, San Juan Bautista, 2000-01; attorney, Lombardo & Gilles LLP (now Anthony Lombardo & Associates Inc.) 1995-2000; executive director, Center for Community Advocacy, Salinas, 1990-95; associate attorney, Heller Ehrman LLP, San Francisco, 1988-90; law clerk to 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Thomas Tang, Phoenix, Arizona, 1987-88
Law School: Stanford Law School
MONTEREY -- In her direct calendar court, Judge Vanessa W. Vallarta considers it a great advantage, in fact a privilege, to hear cases from beginning to end.
"In Monterey County, we hear civil trial cases from its filing until its judgment," she said. "We do everything from case management, law and motions up to jury trials."
Because of her professional background -- she ... (continued)
