
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
By Pat Broderick
Daily Journal Staff Writer
VISTA - Tamila Ebrahimi Ipema's 20s went by in such a blur, she can scarcely remember them.
Consider that she was juggling several jobs, going to school full time and trying to reunite family members caught up in the revolution in Iran.
"I remember opening my eyes, and I was in my 30s," said Ipema, seated in her chambers in the Vista Superior Courthouse. "I said, 'Where have my 20... (continued)