San Bernardino County Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed San Bernardino County Superior Court judge by Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr., June 1, 2018; deputy federal public defender, Central District of California, 2012-18; juvenile hearing officer, San Bernardino County, 2007-11; judge pro tem, San Bernardino County Superior Court and Office of Administrative Hearings, 2003-07; administrative law judge, Office of Administrative Hearings, 2001-02; juvenile hearing officer, San Bernardino County Superior Court, 1999-2001; contract attorney, Los Angeles County Counsel, 1997-98; juvenile hearing officer, San Diego County, 1994-97; attorney, Federal Defenders of San Diego Inc., 1992-94; associate, Graham & James (defunct), 1990-92
Law School: Northwestern University School of Law, 1990
Career Highlights: Appointed San Bernardino County Superior Court judge by Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr., June 1, 2018; deputy federal public defender, Central District of California, 2012-18; juvenile hearing officer, San Bernardino County, 2007-11; judge pro tem, San Bernardino County Superior Court and Office of Administrative Hearings, 2003-07; administrative law judge, Office of Administrative Hearings, 2001-02; juvenile hearing officer, San Bernardino County Superior Court, 1999-2001; contract attorney, Los Angeles County Counsel, 1997-98; juvenile hearing officer, San Diego County, 1994-97; attorney, Federal Defenders of San Diego Inc., 1992-94; associate, Graham & James (defunct), 1990-92
Law School: Northwestern University School of Law, 1990
FONTANA - As a child, San Bernardino County Superior Court Stephanie E. Thornton-Harris sometimes accompanied her father to the courthouse on weekends, when the courtrooms were silent and empty.
Her father, then a court clerk in Los Angeles County, would let her and her younger brother sit in the judge's chair. The children would imitate a familiar refrain from the television comedy show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: "Here comes the judge, here comes the j... (continued)
