Kern County (Bakersfield)
Career Highlights: Retired February 2024, Appointed to the Kern County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2018; sole practitioner, Bakersfield, 1989-2018; deputy county counsel, Kern County, 2010; law clerk to U.S. Magistrate Judge Theresa A. Goldner, Eastern District of California, 2008-09; deputy child support attorney, Kern County Department of Child Support Services, 2002; Kern County Department of Mental Health, Patients' Rights Office, 2001; deputy county counsel, Mendocino County, 1998-99; partner, Law Office of Gene R. McMurtrey, 1981-89; partner, associate,Adams, Ball, Wenzel & Kilian, San Jose, 1977-81
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law
Career Highlights: Retired February 2024, Appointed to the Kern County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2018; sole practitioner, Bakersfield, 1989-2018; deputy county counsel, Kern County, 2010; law clerk to U.S. Magistrate Judge Theresa A. Goldner, Eastern District of California, 2008-09; deputy child support attorney, Kern County Department of Child Support Services, 2002; Kern County Department of Mental Health, Patients' Rights Office, 2001; deputy county counsel, Mendocino County, 1998-99; partner, Law Office of Gene R. McMurtrey, 1981-89; partner, associate,Adams, Ball, Wenzel & Kilian, San Jose, 1977-81
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law
The last two months presiding over a misdemeanor calendar in Kern County has been a learning curve after years hearing family law cases, said Judge Therese M. Foley, but that’s why she takes every minute to be as thorough as she can in her newest assignment.
“The curve is steep, and probably in large part because I’m one of those people who has to walk through the forest, look at all the trees, then step back and see thi... (continued)
