San Diego County (El Cajon)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Diego County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, Dec. 23, 2016; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California, 2010-16; deputy chief of general crimes, assistant U.S. attorney, San Diego, 1997-2010; prosecutor, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1993-97
Law School: Creighton University School of Law, 1993
Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Diego County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, Dec. 23, 2016; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California, 2010-16; deputy chief of general crimes, assistant U.S. attorney, San Diego, 1997-2010; prosecutor, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1993-97
Law School: Creighton University School of Law, 1993
EL CAJON — Moving from her position as U.S. Attorney in San Diego putting away drug cartel leaders to presiding over misdemeanor arraignments in superior court, Judge Laura Duffy said she faced big changes over the past year.
“One thing I found between state and the federal system is that people talk in numbers; they don’t talk in words. … For me, that was the learning curve,” she said. “I wasn’t familiar with them, but ... (continued)
