Butte County (Chico)
Career Highlights: Retired November 17, 2022, Appointed to Butte County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2005; sole practitioner, Chico, 2000-05; sole practitioner, Oakland, 1994-2000; sole practitioner, Bethesda, Md., 1993-1994; partner, Johnston & Schweitzer, Bethesda, Md., 1990-93; sole practitioner, Potomac, Md., 1988-1989 and 1981-1986; attorney, Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Tobin & Ecker, Silver Spring, Md., 1980-1981
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center, 1979
Career Highlights: Retired November 17, 2022, Appointed to Butte County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2005; sole practitioner, Chico, 2000-05; sole practitioner, Oakland, 1994-2000; sole practitioner, Bethesda, Md., 1993-1994; partner, Johnston & Schweitzer, Bethesda, Md., 1990-93; sole practitioner, Potomac, Md., 1988-1989 and 1981-1986; attorney, Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Tobin & Ecker, Silver Spring, Md., 1980-1981
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center, 1979
When Butte County Superior Court Judge Sandra McLean speaks, she is straightforward, resolute and forthright. Attorneys said that her solid, soft-spokenness is what serves them in her courtroom.
Her reserved manner and directness are remarkable to lawyers who appear before her, but she hadn’t always anticipated that she would apply these qualities in a legal career.
“I had been a nurs... (continued)
