Career Highlights: Joined Judicate West, May 2022 after retiring from the Orange Superior Court, appointed by Gov. Gray Davis, 2001; partner, Di Cesare & Behle, 2000-01; Law Office of James Di Cesare, 1985 to 2000; partner, Di Cesare & Weaver, 1976-85; associate, Aitken, Bradshaw and Andres, 1973-76
Law School: Pepperdine University School of Law, 1973
Judicate West
WESTMINSTER - Family, service and fairness are the three prongs of Orange Superior Court Judge James J. Di Cesare's life, all in equal parts.
But family comes first.
Both sides of Di Cesare's family hail from Italy. His father was born in Civitella Casanova, in the Abruzzo region of the country. It's 90 minutes east of Rome, where the countryside softens into rolling hills.
Di Cesare has a picture of his father's home on his desk. I... (continued)
