Superior Court Judge
Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Elected to the Kern County Superior Court, 1996; deputy district attorney, Kern County, 1989-96; sole practitioner, 1986-89, Tehachapi; Robinson, Palmer & Stanton, 1985-86, Bakersfield; deputy district attorney, Kern County, 1981-85. Law School: University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law, 1981
Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Elected to the Kern County Superior Court, 1996; deputy district attorney, Kern County, 1989-96; sole practitioner, 1986-89, Tehachapi; Robinson, Palmer & Stanton, 1985-86, Bakersfield; deputy district attorney, Kern County, 1981-85. Law School: University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law, 1981
BAKERSFIELD -- Judge John Oglesby jokes about being an old school bench officer who can see a use for PowerPoint but is certain it will never replace a traditional courtroom argument. "The point I try to make to attorneys is: If you fall in love with someone and you want to persuade that person to marry you, are you going to do a PowerPoint or are you going to get down on your knees and argue from the bottom of your heart?"
Oglesby, elected to the Kern County Superior ... (continued)
