Kings County Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed Commissioner by the Judicial Committee and Court Executive Office, Kings County Superior Court, Hanford, Feb. 22, 2022; staff attorney, judge pro tempore, kings County Superior Court, 2021-22; deputy district attorney, kings County, 2018-21; family law facilitator, self-help attorney, Siskiyou County Superior Court, 2013-17; sole practitioner, Greenview, 2005-13; child support attorney, Siskiyou-Modoc Regional Department of Child Support Services, 2003-05; sole practitioner, san Jose, 1998-2002; staff attorney, Pro Bono Project of Silicon Valley, San Jose, 1998
Law School: Pepperdine University School of Law
Career Highlights: Appointed Commissioner by the Judicial Committee and Court Executive Office, Kings County Superior Court, Hanford, Feb. 22, 2022; staff attorney, judge pro tempore, kings County Superior Court, 2021-22; deputy district attorney, kings County, 2018-21; family law facilitator, self-help attorney, Siskiyou County Superior Court, 2013-17; sole practitioner, Greenview, 2005-13; child support attorney, Siskiyou-Modoc Regional Department of Child Support Services, 2003-05; sole practitioner, san Jose, 1998-2002; staff attorney, Pro Bono Project of Silicon Valley, San Jose, 1998
Law School: Pepperdine University School of Law
HANFORD -- Kings County Commissioner Mark Skinner often repeats back to parties in his family law court the stories they tell him because he wants them to feel like "they have been seen and understood."
The commissioner said he knows that he doesn't have a lot in common with most of the parties, many of whom are older, members of racial minorities or formerly incarcerated. "The group does not trust people like me," he... (continued)
