U.S. Bankruptcy Court (Santa Ana)
Career Highlights: Appointed U.S. Bankruptcy Judge by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 1994; partner/associate, Lobel, Winthrop & Broker, Irvine, 1987-94; associate, McKittrick, Jackson, DeMarco & Peckenpaugh, Newport Beach, 1985-87; law clerk, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Peter M. Elliott, 1983-85; law clerk, 4th District Court of Appeal Justice Marcus M. Kaufman, 1982-83
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law, 1982
Career Highlights: Appointed U.S. Bankruptcy Judge by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 1994; partner/associate, Lobel, Winthrop & Broker, Irvine, 1987-94; associate, McKittrick, Jackson, DeMarco & Peckenpaugh, Newport Beach, 1985-87; law clerk, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Peter M. Elliott, 1983-85; law clerk, 4th District Court of Appeal Justice Marcus M. Kaufman, 1982-83
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law, 1982
SANTA ANA -- The path that led Judge Erithe Smith to her position on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court was an unexpected one, but clearly defined in retrospect, anchored by a series of encounters during her life.
The first one was a career day in high school. Smith considered medical school and acting, disposing of the former quickly after an anatomy lesson that required frog dissection. Finally, one of the speakers that day le... (continued)
