San Diego County (Vista)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Diego County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2018; partner, Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield LLP, 1999-2018; law clerk, San Diego County district attorney's office, 1999; contract research attorney, Thomas F. Miles, Attorney at Law, 1998-99; law clerk to San Diego County Judge Susan D. Huguenor, 1998
Law School: California Western School of Law
Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Diego County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2018; partner, Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield LLP, 1999-2018; law clerk, San Diego County district attorney's office, 1999; contract research attorney, Thomas F. Miles, Attorney at Law, 1998-99; law clerk to San Diego County Judge Susan D. Huguenor, 1998
Law School: California Western School of Law
VISTA — Judge Wendy M. Behan was 26 when she represented World War II prisoners of war captured by the Japanese and forced into physical labor.
That case, her first after joining CaseyGerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield LLP, cemented her love for litigating plaintiffs’ mass torts and other complex civil matters.
“I learned so much about the process, but most importantly what I ... (continued)
