
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2010; sole practitioner, 1990-2010; associate, McKinney Peters & Granville, 1989; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, 1984-89; associate, Long & Levit LLP, 1982-84
Law School: Stanford University Law School
By Connie Lopez
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - David V. Herriford began working in his native St. Louis at 14, as a baseball youth league umpire. He recalls being paid $26.93 every other week, whether there had been one game or a dozen.
Years later, after he hung up his umpire's uniform, a judge who'd convinced him to apply for the bench told him a game is only good when there is good officiating.
While he traded in his umpire... (continued)