
Career Highlights: Appointed commissioner, Orange County Superior Court, May 20, 2022; assistant head of court, senior deputy district attorney, Orange County, 1999-2022
Law School: Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, 1998
FULLERTON -- The first time Cynthia A. Nichols and Scott M. Van Camp faced off in a courtroom, she was a deputy district attorney, he was a public defender, and the case was a heated domestic violence trial.
During closing arguments, Van Camp made a comparison that landed wrong. "The victim," he said, "was no bigger than Ms. Nichols."
Nichols bristled. "She was 5'8", 200 pounds. I'm 5'4" on a great day. I though... (continued)