Career Highlights: Appointed San Bernardino County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2012; commissioner, San Bernardino County, 2003-12; deputy public defender, San Bernardino County, 1995-2003; associate, Law Office of Cedric E. Elias, 1992-94.
Law School: Whittier Law School, 1991
Judge Michael Knish
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Superior Court Judge Michael A. Knish was reviewing nearly 900 juror questionnaires for his second capital murder trial when he paused to describe what the assignment demands.
"Because I'm doing this death penalty, it wipes me out for months," he said. "This is going to last at least through April or May because the defendant in this case also pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. So, we have to have a guilt, we have to have a ... (continued)
