
Career Highlights: Appointed Monterey County Superior Court judge by Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr., Sept 19, 2014; elected Monterey County Superior Court judge, June 13, 2014; named Monterey County Superior court commissioner, 2011-14; research attorney, Monterey County Superior Court, 2006-11; sole practitioner, 2001-06; associate, Bohnen Rosenthal & Dusenbury, 1996-99; clerk for U.S. District Judge James M. Ideman of the Central District of California, 1992-96
Law School: Santa Barbara College of Law
By Saul Sugarman
Daily Journal Staff Writer
MONTEREY- Heidi K. Whilden lost her parents when she was just a toddler in the 1960s - her mother and father died when their car crashed into a tree on a rainy night in Florida. Whilden was in the backseat with her older sister.
The siblings survived, but the impact of the event sent shock waves through Whilden's life, influencing the choices she made well after getting her law degree.
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