
Career Highlights: Appointed an Orange County Superior Court Judge by Gov. Gray Davis in 2003, Deputy Chief, U.S. attorney's office, Central District of California, Santa Ana, 1990-2003, Associate, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C, Newport Beach, 1995-1997, Federal Prosecutor, U.S. attorney's office, Central District of California, Santa Ana, 1990-1995
Law School: Bolt Hall School of Law, now Berkeley Law School, 1988
By Sandra Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer
ORANGE - On a recent July afternoon, Orange County Superior Court Judge David A. Hoffer patiently but sternly instructed a lanky teenager sporting a buzz cut to attend weekly alcohol counseling meetings, choose his friends more wisely and embrace the second chance given to him by the court.
"The only way you have a chance is if you're sober," Hoffer told the teen. "I don't think you... (continued)