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Apr. 16, 2024

Family court commissioner Leah Boucek says lawyers must understand pro pers

The commissioner gained insight into the pro per experience through her past private practice, managing the court family law facilitator's office, and now as a neutral.

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Family court commissioner Leah Boucek says lawyers must understand pro pers

Leah M. Boucek

San Diego County Superior Court

Career Highlights: Elected to the San Diego County Superior Court, June 2, 2026 and appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on June 30 to fill the vacancy immediately; commissioner, San Diego County Superior Court, 2023-2026; adjunct professor, University of San Diego, 2020; family law facilitator, staff attorney, San Diego Superior Court, 2014-2023; associate, law office of Sandra L. Mayberry (now at Cage & Miles LLP), La Mesa, 2006-2011; sole practitioner, El Cajon, 1998-2006; associate, McDougal Boehmer Foley Lyon Mitchell & Erickson (formerly McDougal Love Eckis Smith and Boehmer) 1995-98

Law School: California Western School of Law
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SAN DIEGO - Family law attorneys, and students in her University of San Diego School of Law class, overlook one aspect of their practice, Superior Court Commissioner Leah M. Boucek believes.

"It's the experience of the pro per ... and it applies to lawyers as well," she said.

Of course, if her students become family law attorneys and join private practice, they're always going to be representing a cl... (continued)

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