
Career Highlights: Elected Inyo County Superior Court judge, March 3, 2020; director, Eastern Sierra Child Support Services, Inyo and Mono County, 2011-21; deputy county counsel, Inyo County, 2005-20; deputy city attorney, Carlsbad, San Diego County, 2003-05; deputy city attorney, civil division, San Diego, 2003; code enforcement deputy, city attorney's office, San Diego, 2001-03; prosecutor, criminal division, city attorney's office, San Diego, 2000
Law School: University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
BISHOP -- As one of only two judges in sparsely populated Inyo County, nestled between the Sierra Nevada and the state border, Judge Susanne M. Rizo is aware that her decisions will likely affect someone she runs into at the grocery store.
Or they "might be fixing your engine next year or becoming the teacher at your kid's school," she said, explaining that visiting judges are called in when there is a conflict for he... (continued)