Santa Barbara County Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Santa Barbara County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, October 7, 2022; senior deputy county counsel, Santa Barbara County, 2018-2022; deputy attorney general, Ada County, 2016-2018; deputy prosecuting attorney, Canyon County, Idaho, 2015-2016; panel attorney, California Appellate Project, Appellate Defenders Inc., Los Angeles and San Diego, 2014-18; deputy county counsel, Los Angeles County, Lancaster, 2008-2014; staff attorney, Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers, Lancaster, 2007-2008; deputy district attorney, Riverside County, 2004-2006
Law School: USC Gould School of Law
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Santa Barbara County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, October 7, 2022; senior deputy county counsel, Santa Barbara County, 2018-2022; deputy attorney general, Ada County, 2016-2018; deputy prosecuting attorney, Canyon County, Idaho, 2015-2016; panel attorney, California Appellate Project, Appellate Defenders Inc., Los Angeles and San Diego, 2014-18; deputy county counsel, Los Angeles County, Lancaster, 2008-2014; staff attorney, Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers, Lancaster, 2007-2008; deputy district attorney, Riverside County, 2004-2006
Law School: USC Gould School of Law
SANTA MARIA -- Superior Court Judge Denise M. Hippach saw herself as a woman of law when she was an 8th grader.
"We did a thing in my English class called a 'Me Book,'" she reminisced. "It's basically how you envision your life in the future."
Like opening a time capsule, she recently looked at this school project and said she found, to her amazement, that she wanted to be a distri... (continued)
