
Career Highlights: Elevated by unification to the San Diego County Superior Court, 1998; San Diego Municipal Court judge, 1995-98; associate, partner, Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, 1982-95, San Diego; law clerk to U.S. District Judge Howard B. Turrentine, Southern District, San Diego, 1980-81
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law, 1980
SAN DIEGO — When jurors get antsy, Judge Albert Harutunian III will pick up on it and — without bullying — ask attorneys how much more time they think they need. But he’s also well aware of his own body language.
“I tend to look more stoic up there than some other judges do,” he said.
If a lawyer tries to buddy up to him with some jokes during trial and expects some laughs in return, i... (continued)