Ventura County (Ventura)
Career Highlights: Appointed Ventura County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2017; commissioner, Ventura County Superior Court, 2010-17; supervising attorney, Ventura County Superior Court Family Law Center, 2002-10; sole practitioner, Oxnard, 1993-2003.
Law School: Ventura College of Law, 1992
Career Highlights: Appointed Ventura County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2017; commissioner, Ventura County Superior Court, 2010-17; supervising attorney, Ventura County Superior Court Family Law Center, 2002-10; sole practitioner, Oxnard, 1993-2003.
Law School: Ventura College of Law, 1992
By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
VENTURA - JoAnn Johnson was 4 when her father died unexpectedly. She was still in grade school when her mother was diagnosed with emphysema.
Those life-changing events colored the way she and her older sister looked at the world around them, she said, and pushed them toward self-reliance.
"My sister and I were very independent," Johnson said.
She started earning an after school paycheck w... (continued)
