
Career Highlights: Appointed Chief Justice by Gov. Gavin Newsom, sworn in Jan. 2, 2023; justice, California Supreme Court, March-December 2022; justice, 4th District Court of Appeal, 2017-22; judge, San Diego County Superior Court, 2013-17; partner, associate, Latham & Watkins LLP, 1997-2013; assistant U.S. attorney, San Diego, 2002-03
Law School: Stanford Law School, 1997
By Pat Broderick
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN DIEGO - Growing up in Imperial, Patricia Guerrero and her older sister, Claudia, loved to watch their dad, George Guerrero, compete in the big rodeo in Brawley.
"My dad was a true cowboy," said Guerrero, now a San Diego County Superior Court judge. "I remember him winning belt buckles, saddles and other prizes."
When he wasn't competing, her dad worked as foreman for a variet... (continued)