San Bernardino County (San Bernardino)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Bernardino County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, Nov. 2, 2017; managing partner, Friedman & Gilleece, San Bernardino, 2013-17; partner, Friedman Cazares & Gilleece, LLP, San Bernardino, 2004-17; partner, Law Offices of Gilleece, Pico & Stockdale, San Bernardino, 2012-13; adjunct professor, University of La Verne School of Law, 2011; assistant to the mayor, Riverside, 2003-04; attorney, Platt & Arndt, Washington, 1996-00
Law School: Tulane University School of Law, 1996
Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Bernardino County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, Nov. 2, 2017; managing partner, Friedman & Gilleece, San Bernardino, 2013-17; partner, Friedman Cazares & Gilleece, LLP, San Bernardino, 2004-17; partner, Law Offices of Gilleece, Pico & Stockdale, San Bernardino, 2012-13; adjunct professor, University of La Verne School of Law, 2011; assistant to the mayor, Riverside, 2003-04; attorney, Platt & Arndt, Washington, 1996-00
Law School: Tulane University School of Law, 1996
SAN BERNARDINO — Long before coming to family law, Judge Michelle Gilleece grew up in a family separated by divorce, and eventually, an ocean.
Gilleece’s father was an engineer with a business visa who worked for a time on oil pipelines in Saudi Arabia, permitting her to reside in the Middle Eastern country typically closed to American tourists.
“We lived in a compound in Jeddah,” the ... (continued)
