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May 30, 2025

From molecules to misdemeanors: How Kira Rubin's unlikely path led to the bench

Before presiding over one of Orange County's busiest traffic courtrooms, Commissioner Kira A. Rubin envisioned a future in medicine. But a love of healthcare policy--and a serendipitous law class--set her on a different course.

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From molecules to misdemeanors: How Kira Rubin's unlikely path led to the bench

Kira Rubin

Orange County Superior Court

Career Highlights: Appointed commissioner, Orange County Superior Court, Oct. 2023; assistant city attorney, Pasadena, 2023; senior deputy public defender, Orange County, 2020-2023; deputy city attorney, Anaheim, 2018-2020; deputy public defender, Orange County, 2004-2018; sole practitioner, Santa Ana, 2003-2004; partner, Clem & Rubin LLP, 2003; associate, Bonne Bridges Mueller O'Keefe & Nichols, 2002-2003

Law School: Chapman University School of Law, 2002
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FULLERTON - Superior Court Commissioner Kira A. Rubin once pictured herself in a lab, not a courtroom. With a degree in microbiology and molecular genetics, she seemed destined for medicine. But a winding path--from public health to business, law, and now the bench--has made her one of Orange County's most adaptable and empathetic judicial officers.

"Life takes you in weird places," she said during a recent interview.

Today, she presides over on... (continued)

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