
Career Highlights: Appointed Orange County Superior Court judge by Gov. Gray Davis, Dec. 28, 2000; Orange County district attorney's office, assistant district attorney, deputy district attorney, 1981-2000; Munns, Kofford, Hoffman, Hunt & Throckmorton, 1980-1981; deputy general counsel, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C, 1978-1980.
Law School: University of San Diego School of Law, 1977
Orange County Superior Court
SANTA ANA — After nearly 20 years as one of Orange County’s top prosecutors, Richard M. King brought everything with him to the bench.
From two record-setting trials that ended with a lawyer convicted in a triple murder plot to his high-profile decision not to seek the death penalty against a baby killer, the hundreds of cases that defined his time with the district attorney’s office set the foundation for King’s equall... (continued)