Fresno County (Fresno) Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Fresno County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, November 2015; commissioner, Fresno County Superior Court, 2006-15; deputy public defender, Fresno County, 1998-2006; legal writer, Thompson Legal Publishing, San Francisco, 1995-97; clerk for Judge Donna Hitchens, San Francisco Superior Court, 1994-95
Law School: John F. Kennedy University School of Law, 1995
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Fresno County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, November 2015; commissioner, Fresno County Superior Court, 2006-15; deputy public defender, Fresno County, 1998-2006; legal writer, Thompson Legal Publishing, San Francisco, 1995-97; clerk for Judge Donna Hitchens, San Francisco Superior Court, 1994-95
Law School: John F. Kennedy University School of Law, 1995
By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer
FRESNO - Mary Dolas had to give up on her early career goal of becoming a therapist for troubled children because she found the work too emotionally draining. But now, more than two decades later, Dolas finds herself working with abused and neglected children as a commissioner in Fresno County's juvenile dependency court.
"It's bittersweet," she said. "The broken families we deal with can b... (continued)
