
Career Highlights: Appointed San Diego County Superior Court judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, May 2022; deputy public defender, San Diego, 2005-22; associate, Law Offices of Sheldon A. Ostroff, 2003-05; associate, Grace Brandon Hollis LLP; 2002-03
Law School: University of San Diego School of Law
EL CAJON -- A nun at the girls Catholic high school Judge Daniela A. Reali-Ferrari attended in San Diego ran a program in which some star students who were fluent in Spanish would visit a juvenile detention center in Tijuana, Mexico.
"Every Saturday, I would wake up early in the morning and meet with the kids who were detained there," Reali-Ferrari recalled. "And I think it was that point that kind of solidified more l... (continued)