San Diego County Superior Court
Career Highlights: Retired July 2022, Appointed to the San Diego County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2009; commissioner, San Diego County Superior Court, 2008-09; commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2005-08; supervising research attorney, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2000-05; assistant district counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Services, 1995-99; staff attorney, Tsoi & Isel Law Offices, Los Angeles, 1992-93; attorney, Catholic Charities of Orange County, Santa Ana, 1999-92
Law School: University of Louisville School of Law, 1989
Career Highlights: Retired July 2022, Appointed to the San Diego County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2009; commissioner, San Diego County Superior Court, 2008-09; commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2005-08; supervising research attorney, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2000-05; assistant district counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Services, 1995-99; staff attorney, Tsoi & Isel Law Offices, Los Angeles, 1992-93; attorney, Catholic Charities of Orange County, Santa Ana, 1999-92
Law School: University of Louisville School of Law, 1989
VISTA — Upon moving to the U.S. with her brother and mother after the Iranian Revolution, Judge Tamila E. Ipema spent countless hours in libraries studying immigration law to help relocate the rest of her family.
“It took me 12 years of hard work to do that,” she said.
And that was before she became a lawyer. The immigration attorney she worked with was so impressed with her, he encourag... (continued)
