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Dec. 8, 2022

Following the Rules

Commissioner Deborah Cumba finds policies and rules lead to right decisions

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Following the Rules

Deborah A. Cumba

San Diego County (San Diego)

Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Diego County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, June 18 2025; commissioner, San Diego County Superior Court, November 2021-2025; deputy attorney, Department of Transportation, San Diego, 2011-21; associate, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, San Diego, 2005-11; associate, Morris Polich & Purdy LLP, San Diego, 2005; associate, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Los Angeles, 2003-05.

Law School: USC Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, 2003
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SAN DIEGO — Coming from a civil litigation background, Commissioner Deborah A. Cumba is a fan of policies and stratagems. That, and submitting documents timely and “always, always following the rules.”

“I think that those policies are really important because they allow the judicial officer to come in prepared to make the decision,” she explained.

The commissioner is unique in the family support divis... (continued)

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