Riverside County (Riverside)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Riverside Superior Court in December 2018 by Gov. Jerry Brown, Dec. 14, 2018; sole practitioner, San Bernardino, 2000-18; associate, Rancho Law Center of Tuckerman & Thompson, Claremont, 1990-96
Law School: Western State U College of Law
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Riverside Superior Court in December 2018 by Gov. Jerry Brown, Dec. 14, 2018; sole practitioner, San Bernardino, 2000-18; associate, Rancho Law Center of Tuckerman & Thompson, Claremont, 1990-96
Law School: Western State U College of Law
RIVERSIDE -- In her first week on the bench, Judge Cheryl C. Murphy had to pursue the last option on the table in juvenile dependency court: terminating parental rights.
"I do recall the feeling of having a lump in my throat and continue to feel that way each and every time," she explained. "Every single one of those is difficult for me. Every single one."
Murphy makes such a decision, w... (continued)
