Placer County (Roseville)
Career Highlights: Appointed judge by Gov. Jerry Brown in July 2018 after winning the seat in June. Appointed Placer County Superior Court commissioner, 2017; deputy secretary and chief counsel, California Department of Veterans Affairs, 2012-17; deputy attorney general, California Department of Justice, 2007-12; owner, Law Office of Todd D. Irby, 2006-07; associate, The Duffy Law Firm, 2004-06; partner, associate, Hess-Verdon & Associates, 1995-2004; associate, Martin, Wilson, Fingal & MacDowell, 1994-95; associate, Garrett & Jensen, 1991-94. Served in US Air Force.
Law School: Pepperdine University School of Law, 1983
Career Highlights: Appointed judge by Gov. Jerry Brown in July 2018 after winning the seat in June. Appointed Placer County Superior Court commissioner, 2017; deputy secretary and chief counsel, California Department of Veterans Affairs, 2012-17; deputy attorney general, California Department of Justice, 2007-12; owner, Law Office of Todd D. Irby, 2006-07; associate, The Duffy Law Firm, 2004-06; partner, associate, Hess-Verdon & Associates, 1995-2004; associate, Martin, Wilson, Fingal & MacDowell, 1994-95; associate, Garrett & Jensen, 1991-94. Served in US Air Force.
Law School: Pepperdine University School of Law, 1983
ROSEVILLE -- Many attorneys can say they had interesting law school classmates. Far fewer can claim a cast of characters like Placer County Commissioner Todd D. Irby met in the Pepperdine University Law School class of 1983.
"One of my classmates was Rod Blagojevich," said Irby. "He's now sitting in federal prison."
Irby said he and the now-disgraced former governor of Illinois were "f... (continued)
