Orange County (Santa Ana)
Career Highlights: Retired November 2021; Installed as Orange County Superior Court presiding judge, 2019; Elected to serve as Orange County Superior Court assistant presiding judge, 2016; Appointed to court by Gov. Gray Davis, 2001; partner, Beam, Brobeck, West & Sullivan, 1985-2001; associate, Shield & Smith, 1980-1985.
Law School: Duke University School of Law, 1980
JAMS
Career Highlights: Retired November 2021; Installed as Orange County Superior Court presiding judge, 2019; Elected to serve as Orange County Superior Court assistant presiding judge, 2016; Appointed to court by Gov. Gray Davis, 2001; partner, Beam, Brobeck, West & Sullivan, 1985-2001; associate, Shield & Smith, 1980-1985.
Law School: Duke University School of Law, 1980
JAMS
SANTA ANA -- Jan. 17 looked like a routine day for Orange County Superior Court Presiding Judge Kirk Nakamura, the kind of day that should have worked well for a lunchtime interview with a reporter. Then came word of a potential chemical attack on the courthouse.
Nakamura hadn't had much time to decorate his new chambers after his elevation to the court's top spot at the start of the New Year. But it would have been hard... (continued)
