
Career Highlights: Appointed San Diego County Superior Court judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, July 2022; founder, Morris Law Firm APC, 2014-22; partner, Aguirre Morris & Severson LLP, 2009-14; deputy city attorney, San Diego, 1995-2008; associate, Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP, 1994-95; assistant city attorney, 1992-94
Law School: J Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young Univ, Utah
EL CAJON -- The moment Superior Court Judge Christopher S. Morris stepped into a courtroom as a young junior prosecutor, he knew that the bench would ultimately become a career goal.
"I always wanted to be a judge," he said in an interview in his chambers. "I always thought that was something that really appealed to me."
The road to get there took two decades. First, he said he was... (continued)