San Diego County Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed San Diego County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2013; senior appellate attorney, 4th District Court of Appeal, 2012-13; independent contractor, Parker Legal Solutions, 2011-12; adjunct professor, University of San Diego School of Law, 2010-12; adjunct professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 2011; of counsel, partner, associate, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP (formerly Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP), San Diego, 1991-2011; associate, Lankenau Kovner & Bickford, New York, 1988-90; associate, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, 1983-88; judicial clerk, Chief Judge Frank J. Battisti, Northern District of Ohio, 1982-83
Law School: Harvard Law School, 1982
Career Highlights: Appointed San Diego County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2013; senior appellate attorney, 4th District Court of Appeal, 2012-13; independent contractor, Parker Legal Solutions, 2011-12; adjunct professor, University of San Diego School of Law, 2010-12; adjunct professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 2011; of counsel, partner, associate, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP (formerly Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP), San Diego, 1991-2011; associate, Lankenau Kovner & Bickford, New York, 1988-90; associate, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, 1983-88; judicial clerk, Chief Judge Frank J. Battisti, Northern District of Ohio, 1982-83
Law School: Harvard Law School, 1982
SAN DIEGO - Like many new bench officers, Superior Court Judge Pamela M. Parker could have rotated out of family law after three years but decided not to.
"I felt like I finally was getting actually pretty good at it, and I thought, 'Why would I leave now that I feel like I'm comfortable with it and the attorneys are getting comfortable with me, and they know me better?'" she explained.
Now, after more than a decade in family court, Park... (continued)
