
Superior Court Fresno County (Central Courthouse)
Career Highlights: Appointed Fresno County Superior Court judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, 2019; commissioner, Fresno County Superior Court, 2014-19; assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of California, 2011-14; associate, Dowling, Aaron & Keeler Inc., 2008-11; deputy district attorney, Santa Cruz County, 2005-08; staff attorney, California Supreme Court, 2004-05; research attorney, Santa Clara County Superior Court, 2003-04; deputy attorney, Office of Legal Affairs, Gov. Gray Davis, 2002-03.
Law School: Santa Clara University School of Law
Career Highlights: Appointed Fresno County Superior Court judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, 2019; commissioner, Fresno County Superior Court, 2014-19; assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of California, 2011-14; associate, Dowling, Aaron & Keeler Inc., 2008-11; deputy district attorney, Santa Cruz County, 2005-08; staff attorney, California Supreme Court, 2004-05; research attorney, Santa Clara County Superior Court, 2003-04; deputy attorney, Office of Legal Affairs, Gov. Gray Davis, 2002-03.
Law School: Santa Clara University School of Law
By Laurinda Keys
Daily Journal Staff Writer
FRESNO - When the court staff takes a break, Commissioner Heather Mardel Jones stays
on the bench.
"I like to see who's coming in, what can be taken right away, what 'in custodies'
are there," she said during a rare break in her chambers away from the buzz of her
misdemeanor courtroom in the basement of the Fresno County Central Courthouse.
Snapping her fingers to simulate sp... (continued)