Central District, Eastern Division (Riverside)
Career Highlights: Central District of California, Riverside, sworn in November 2023, previously served 2009-2017; General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Entrepreneurial Corporate Group, Newport Beach, 2017-2023; shareholder, Reid & Hellyer APC, Riverside, 2003-09; senior associate, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Riverside, 1999-2003; associate, Burke, Williams & Sorenson LLP (formerly Thomas, Mort, Prosser & Knudsen LLP), Riverside, 1997-99; deputy public defender, San Bernardino County, 1996-97; deputy district attorney, San Bernardino County, 1994-96; associate, Fidler, Bell, Orrock & Watase Inc., Riverside, 1993-94
Law School: University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Career Highlights: Central District of California, Riverside, sworn in November 2023, previously served 2009-2017; General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Entrepreneurial Corporate Group, Newport Beach, 2017-2023; shareholder, Reid & Hellyer APC, Riverside, 2003-09; senior associate, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Riverside, 1999-2003; associate, Burke, Williams & Sorenson LLP (formerly Thomas, Mort, Prosser & Knudsen LLP), Riverside, 1997-99; deputy public defender, San Bernardino County, 1996-97; deputy district attorney, San Bernardino County, 1994-96; associate, Fidler, Bell, Orrock & Watase Inc., Riverside, 1993-94
Law School: University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
By Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer
RIVERSIDE - Working as a lawyer in a region that has one of the most severe judge shortages in the state, David T. Bristow tried to help solve the problem by applying to be a U.S. magistrate judge.
As president of the Riverside County Bar Association from 2006 to 2007, one of Bristow's roles was to persuade lawyers to join the ranks of the Inland Empire's overworked judiciary.
"It was in th... (continued)
