
Career Highlights: Appointed as Tuolumne County Superior Court Commissioner, 2013; also serves in Mariposa County; sole practitioner, Modesto, 1991-2013; associate, Trimbur, Davis & Clark, 1985-1991; Legal Aid Society, San Jose, 1984-85
Law School: Santa Clara University School of Law, 1983
SONORA — People appearing in family court often argue they should receive the same results as someone in a different case. Tuolumne County Superior Court Commissioner Philip A. Pimentel knows results can’t be based on another case, especially when it comes to child custody.
“How many cases do I get where both parents are respectable, law-abiding, really conscientious parents? Not that many, unfortunately,” the commissio... (continued)