Riverside County Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed Riverside County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2012; commissioner, Riverside County, 2005-12; deputy public defender, Riverside County, 1989-2005; associate, Katz & Block, Los Angeles, 1988-89; law clerk, West Powell & Glass, Los Angeles, 1986-88
Law School: Whittier Law School, 1986
Career Highlights: Appointed Riverside County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2012; commissioner, Riverside County, 2005-12; deputy public defender, Riverside County, 1989-2005; associate, Katz & Block, Los Angeles, 1988-89; law clerk, West Powell & Glass, Los Angeles, 1986-88
Law School: Whittier Law School, 1986
RIVERSIDE - When Superior Court Judge Matthew C. Perantoni asked to move into felony trials in 2021, it was not because he saw the assignment as the pinnacle of his career. After two decades on the bench in domestic violence, dependency, and family law, and after eight years in juvenile court, he described the transition as something else: a return.
For him, the assignment was not a culmination but a kind of full circle. Before becoming a judge, Perantoni spent more th... (continued)
