
Career Highlights: Career Highlights: State Bar Court, review judge, appointed by the state Supreme Court, 2016, reappointed September 2022 to second 6-year term; State Bar hearing judge, 2015-16; workers' compensation judge, 2005-15; associate, Stockwell, Harris, Widom & Woolverton, 2002-05; in-house counsel, Kemper Insurance Co., 2001-02; associate, Farrell, Fraulob & Brown, 2000-01; partner, Deos & McGill, 1996-2000; sole practitioner, 1995-96; legal counsel, state Sen. Gary Hart, 1994; associate legislative counsel, California Apartment Association, 1993-94 Law school: McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, 1991
Law School: McGeorge
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES -- A small plaque sits on Judge W. Kearse McGill's desk in his downtown chambers. His husband gave it to him when McGill was first appointed as a workers' compensation judge in 2005.
"I am still learning," the memento reads, attributing the phrase to the 16th century Renaissance painter and sculptor Michelangelo. McGill reminds himself of this aphorism with each new case that appears ... (continued)