Ventura County (Ventura)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Ventura County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Aug. 28 2020; senior civil attorney, Office of the County Counsel, Ventura County, 2012-20; associate, Myers, Widders, Gibson, Jones & Schneider LLP, Ventura, 2009-12; partner, Fleming PC, San Diego, 2008-09; associate, Baker & McKenzie LLP, San Diego, 2005-08; associate, Klinedinst PC, 2002-05, San Diego.
Law School: American U Washington College of Law
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Ventura County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Aug. 28 2020; senior civil attorney, Office of the County Counsel, Ventura County, 2012-20; associate, Myers, Widders, Gibson, Jones & Schneider LLP, Ventura, 2009-12; partner, Fleming PC, San Diego, 2008-09; associate, Baker & McKenzie LLP, San Diego, 2005-08; associate, Klinedinst PC, 2002-05, San Diego.
Law School: American U Washington College of Law
When she moved to Ventura County in 2009, Charmaine H. Buehner found a bench heavily weighted with white male judges from the ranks of the district attorney’s office. In the county’s 148-year history, there had been seven women judges on the Ventura County Superior Court.
Buehner, who has a black belt in Taekwondo, set out to kick aside that statistic by joining Women Lawyers of Ventura County. With a newly formed board of activ... (continued)
