Orange County (Westminster)
Career Highlights: Nominated to the 4th District Court of Appeal by Gov. Gavin Newsom and confirmed June 2022. Appointed to Orange County Superior Court, 2013, serving as juvenile court presiding judge, 2018-2022; senior deputy public defender, Orange County; United Nations prosecutor, Int'l Criminal Tribunal (Yugoslavia), 2006-8
Career Highlights: Nominated to the 4th District Court of Appeal by Gov. Gavin Newsom and confirmed June 2022. Appointed to Orange County Superior Court, 2013, serving as juvenile court presiding judge, 2018-2022; senior deputy public defender, Orange County; United Nations prosecutor, Int'l Criminal Tribunal (Yugoslavia), 2006-8
By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WESTMINSTER - On a recent intensively sunny and quiet morning here, Joanne Motoike was inside the Orange County West Justice Center meting out a rapid-fire succession of felony arraignment decisions.
Motoike heard each plea and then quickly moved the cases along for defendants charged with theft and assault, deliberately looking each of the accused and their accompanying attorney in the eye and saying, "Go... (continued)
