May 11, 2015

Roger T. Benitez

U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of the Southern District drills for answers as he tests lawyers.

Roger T. Benitez

U.S. District Court Southern District (San Diego)

Career Highlights: Joined ADR Services, April 2026; appointed to the Southern District of California by President George W. Bush, 2004, took senior status 2017, stepped down April 3, 2026; US Magistrate Judge, 2001; appointed to the Imperial County Superior Court, 1997; private practice

By Laurinda Keys
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN DIEGO - U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez thinks of himself as a frustrated law professor. He likes to test attorneys, questioning them relentlessly in a manner some attorneys liken to oral argument in appellate court.

Explaining his method, Benitez recalled one of his law professors who "would destroy you until you finally gave up trying to come up with an answer or you came up with an answer that s... (continued)

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