
Career Highlights: Elected to Mendocino County Superior Court in 2016, began serving in 2017; sole practitioner, Ukiah, 2007-16; district attorney's office, Mendocino County, 2000-07; public defender's office, Mendocino County, 1998-2000; alternate public defender's office, San Diego County, 1992-98.
Law School: Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 1992
Judge Keith Faulder has a handwritten note on the back of his nameplate to remind him to speak slowly, count to 10, and remember to breathe.
Faulder was elected to the Mendocino County Superior Court in June 2016 and took the bench in January 2017. While he is still gaining judicial experience, his stints as a deputy district attorney and deputy public defender, and as a private criminal defense attorney, have given him ... (continued)