Fresno County (Fresno)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the superior court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Oct. 28, 2005; presiding judge, Fresno County Superior Court, 2014-15; deputy chief U.S. attorney, senior litigation counsel for Fresno branch, assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Eastern District of California, 1990-2005; deputy district attorney, Kern County 1985-90.
Law School: University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, 1985
Career Highlights: Appointed to the superior court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Oct. 28, 2005; presiding judge, Fresno County Superior Court, 2014-15; deputy chief U.S. attorney, senior litigation counsel for Fresno branch, assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Eastern District of California, 1990-2005; deputy district attorney, Kern County 1985-90.
Law School: University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, 1985
Presiding over some of Fresno County’s most publicized and wrenching criminal cases, Judge Jonathan B. Conklin’s candor, and sometimes visible emotion, during sentencing has been noted in the news media.
Conklin “got emotional” as he used the word “callous” to describe the murderer of a 17-year-old in an attempted robbery, and imposed a sentence of life without parole in March, according to an ABC 30 news report. The judge told... (continued)
