
Career Highlights: Appointed Fresno County Superior Court judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, 2019; commissioner, Fresno County Superior Court, 2014-19; assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of California, 2011-14; associate, Dowling, Aaron & Keeler Inc., 2008-11; deputy district attorney, Santa Cruz County, 2005-08; staff attorney, California Supreme Court, 2004-05; research attorney, Santa Clara County Superior Court, 2003-04; deputy attorney, Office of Legal Affairs, Gov. Gray Davis, 2002-03.
Law School: Santa Clara University School of Law
FRESNO — Superior Court Judge Heather M. Jones had a front-row seat to a recall — the last recall of a California governor.
Jones graduated from Santa Clara University School of Law right into the dot-com crash. No one was hiring. But then she landed a dream job: deputy legal affairs attorney for Gov. Gray Davis. Indeed, she said, the job was great, but her timing wasn’t. It was late 2002.
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