
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Orange County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2008; elected to the Orange County Superior Court, 2008; deputy district attorney, Orange County, 1999-08; deputy public defender, Orange County, 1986-99; associate, Law Office of M. Schulman, Santa Ana, 1985-86; sole practitioner, 1984-85; associate, Law Office of Jay W. Heckman, Newport Beach, 1983-84; sole practitioner, Santa Ana, 1982-83
Law School: Western State College of Law, 1981
Daily Journal Staff Writer FULLERTON - The military is in Nick Thompson's blood. Thompson's descendants have fought in almost every major war since the American Revolution. Capt. Anthony Selin, on his dad's side, was a Swiss mercenary who fought for Gen. George Washington. A distant relative on his mother's side was a member of Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys. So it came as no real surprise when Thompson, a high scho... (continued)