San Diego County (Vista)
Career Highlights: Appointed commissioner by San Diego County Superior Court judges, 2003; sole practitioner, San Diego, 1996-2003; managing partner, Gross & Siren, Attorneys at Law, san Diego, 1992-96; sole practitioner, San Diego, 1983-92; associate, Thorsnes, Bartolotta & McGuire, San Diego, 1980-83
Law School: Univeristy of San Diego School of Law
Career Highlights: Appointed commissioner by San Diego County Superior Court judges, 2003; sole practitioner, San Diego, 1996-2003; managing partner, Gross & Siren, Attorneys at Law, san Diego, 1992-96; sole practitioner, San Diego, 1983-92; associate, Thorsnes, Bartolotta & McGuire, San Diego, 1980-83
Law School: Univeristy of San Diego School of Law
By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
VISTA - When a judge asked a few years ago why San Diego's North County Division didn't offer small-claims mediation, Commissioner Ernie Gross remembered the lessons from his father, a Pennsylvania coal miner and union organizer.
"My dad taught me, by example, that wherever I worked, I became a part of a community of people who I needed to support by whatever means I had available," Gross said.
