
Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Diego Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Oct. 2019; commissioner, San Diego County Superior Court judges, 2008-19; deputy district attorney, San Diego County, 2001-08; sole practitioner, San Diego, 1996-2001; deputy public defender, 1995-96.
Law School: Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
By Pat Broderick
Daily Journal Staff Writer
CHULA VISTA - When Terrie E. Walton decided to go to law school, her parents weren't at all surprised.
"You like to argue," her mother, Alma Walton, said, "so you might as well get paid for it."
These days, Commissioner Terrie E. Roberts presides over a high-volume arraignment court, along with traffic, small claims and unlawful detainer trials, among other tasks on any given day... (continued)