Career Highlights: Appointed to the Orange County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2008, retired January 2023; senior researcher, 4th District Court of Appeal, 1990-2008; Marin County district attorney's office, 1984-89; San Mateo County district attorney's Office, 1980-84; legal editor, Matthew Bender Legal Publishers, 1979-80
Law School: University of San Francisco School of Law, 1977
SANTA ANA — After about 10 years on the bench, probate Judge Jacki Brown is busier than ever, toggling between a calendar of general conservator trusts and decedent estates.
“I’ve had judges say it’s family law on steroids. I’ve found it to be a little more like family law on methamphetamines,” said Brown, who became a judge for the Orange County Superior Court’s probate mental health division about a year ago. She hears... (continued)