Ventura County (Ventura)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Ventura County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, May 2010; elected commissioner by the judges of the Ventura County Superior Court, June 5, 2008; deputy public defender, Ventura County, 2003-08; associate, Law Offices of Lawrence Taylor, Long Beach, 2002-03; sole practitioner, Lomita, 2000-02; deputy district attorney, Shasta County, 1997-2000; housing development consultant, Hirsch Development Inc., 1994-97; associate, Law Office of Joseph J. Ryan Jr., Palos Verdes Estates, 1993-94
Law School: University of San Diego School of Law, 1992
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Ventura County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, May 2010; elected commissioner by the judges of the Ventura County Superior Court, June 5, 2008; deputy public defender, Ventura County, 2003-08; associate, Law Offices of Lawrence Taylor, Long Beach, 2002-03; sole practitioner, Lomita, 2000-02; deputy district attorney, Shasta County, 1997-2000; housing development consultant, Hirsch Development Inc., 1994-97; associate, Law Office of Joseph J. Ryan Jr., Palos Verdes Estates, 1993-94
Law School: University of San Diego School of Law, 1992
VENTURA — “When I reverse you on appeal, I will make sure to rub it in your face,” Lee E. Peyton said to Judge David M. Hirsch after being convicted of receiving stolen property and identity theft.
These were defendant’s last words to the trial court that decided his guilt.
Peyton, who represented himself in the criminal case, had been a difficult defendant. Over the course of a year, h... (continued)
