
Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Diego County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, December 2024; commissioner, San Diego County Superior Court, 2019-2024; pro tem judge, family law settlement judge, San Diego County Superior Court, 2009-19; attorney, Law Office of Lizbet Muñoz W. APC, Chula Vista, 2004-19; staff attorney, Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Chula Vista, 2001-04.
Law School: Thomas Jefferson School of Law; San Diego CA
SAN DIEGO — All Commissioner Lizbet Muñoz says she ever wanted as a child was to be heard.
The youngest of four siblings in a “small but tight” Mexican American family, she recalled watching everyone talking at the table … except her.
Generally in life, “Everybody wants to be acknowledged,” Muñoz said.
As a 12-year-old, she met now retired federal judge Irma E. Gonzalez on ... (continued)