Riverside County (Banning)
Career Highlights: Appointed Riverside County Superior Court judge by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, March 26, 2009, retired 2024; deputy public defender, Riverside County, 2007-09, 2000-05; sole practitioner, 2005-07, Temecula; sole practitioner, 1993-99, Santa Maria; associate, Law Offices of William K. Gamble, Santa Maria, 1992-93; associate, Bawden & Tyler, Redlands, 1990-92; criminal defense attorney, U.S. Army, 1985-90
Law School: Pepperdine University School of Law, 1984
Career Highlights: Appointed Riverside County Superior Court judge by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, March 26, 2009, retired 2024; deputy public defender, Riverside County, 2007-09, 2000-05; sole practitioner, 2005-07, Temecula; sole practitioner, 1993-99, Santa Maria; associate, Law Offices of William K. Gamble, Santa Maria, 1992-93; associate, Bawden & Tyler, Redlands, 1990-92; criminal defense attorney, U.S. Army, 1985-90
Law School: Pepperdine University School of Law, 1984
BANNING — A couple of hours before he takes on a daily calendar that regularly tops 100 cases, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Mark E. Johnson settles into his chambers and takes on a different assignment: his schoolwork.
As a master’s student in UC Riverside’s low-residency creative writing program in Palm Desert, Johnson is writing a thesis he hopes will become his first published book, and it’s focused on the mi... (continued)
