Orange County (Fullerton)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Orange County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2008; elected to the Orange County Superior Court, 2008; deputy district attorney, Orange County, 1999-08; deputy public defender, Orange County, 1986-99; associate, Law Office of M. Schulman, Santa Ana, 1985-86; sole practitioner, 1984-85; associate, Law Office of Jay W. Heckman, Newport Beach, 1983-84; sole practitioner, Santa Ana, 1982-83
Law School: Western State College of Law, 1981
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Orange County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2008; elected to the Orange County Superior Court, 2008; deputy district attorney, Orange County, 1999-08; deputy public defender, Orange County, 1986-99; associate, Law Office of M. Schulman, Santa Ana, 1985-86; sole practitioner, 1984-85; associate, Law Office of Jay W. Heckman, Newport Beach, 1983-84; sole practitioner, Santa Ana, 1982-83
Law School: Western State College of Law, 1981
FULLERTON — Judge Nicholas Thompson is a veteran who’s served in Iraq and Bosnia, but he also played a soldier on screen in a far older war.
A longtime actor on the side, one of the judge’s biggest roles entailed donning a confederate uniform in Kevin Costner’s Oscar-winning western epic, “Dances With Wolves.”
Thompson was on horseback in the opening Civil War battle scene.
