Sacramento County (Sacramento)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Sacramento County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger,2006; command judge advocate, California Army National Guard, 2005-present; deputy attorney general, California Department of Justice employment, regulation and administration section, 1996-2006; associate, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley, San Francisco, Sacramento, 1989-1996; lieutenant, U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General Corps., 1985-89
Law School: University of San Francisco Law School, 1985
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Sacramento County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger,2006; command judge advocate, California Army National Guard, 2005-present; deputy attorney general, California Department of Justice employment, regulation and administration section, 1996-2006; associate, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley, San Francisco, Sacramento, 1989-1996; lieutenant, U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General Corps., 1985-89
Law School: University of San Francisco Law School, 1985
SACRAMENTO — Sacramento County Superior Court Judge James E. McFetridge likes to greet new jurors with a slide show photo of a beautiful, sunny beach.
Then he displays a black-and-white photo of a very similar looking beach — showing a military landing craft on D-Day.
“‘You’d probably rather be at the beach than here at jury duty,’” McFetridge tells jurors. “Then I say, ‘Hey, you gott... (continued)
