Sierra County (Downieville)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Nevada County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, November 2021; appointed to the Sierra County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2016; Superior Court commissioner, Nevada and Sierra Counties 2011-16; sole practitioner, 1999-2011; associate, Tonon & Associates, 1999; associate, Ashbaugh Beal, 1991-93
Law School: University of Washington School of Law, 1991
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Nevada County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, November 2021; appointed to the Sierra County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2016; Superior Court commissioner, Nevada and Sierra Counties 2011-16; sole practitioner, 1999-2011; associate, Tonon & Associates, 1999; associate, Ashbaugh Beal, 1991-93
Law School: University of Washington School of Law, 1991
DOWNIEVILLE — If Yvette Durant were a better singer, she might never have become an attorney.
“I can’t sing a lick to save my life,” said the Sierra County Superior Court judge. “When you’re a theater major, to go to graduate school, you’ve got to be able to sing, dance and act. That singing part really held me up.”
Instead, Durant took her undergraduate theater degree from the Univer... (continued)
