Superior Court Kings County (Hanford)
Career Highlights: Appointed justice of the 5th District Court of Appeal by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2018; judge, Kings County Superior Court, 2003-18; sole practitioner, 1994-2003; partner, Farley, Rynda & DeSantos, 1984-93; associate, Kahn, Soares & Conway, LLP, 1981-83.
Law School: USC Gould School of Law, 1981
Career Highlights: Appointed justice of the 5th District Court of Appeal by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2018; judge, Kings County Superior Court, 2003-18; sole practitioner, 1994-2003; partner, Farley, Rynda & DeSantos, 1984-93; associate, Kahn, Soares & Conway, LLP, 1981-83.
Law School: USC Gould School of Law, 1981
By Amanda Schallert
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Judge Thomas DeSantos sits on the superior court in the middle of California in the agricultural county where he went to high school and learned to drive a tractor.
Practicing in his hometown of Hanford, Kings County for decades before becoming a judge in 2003, he said he's kept in tune with the area in which he's done criminal, civil and family law and s... (continued)
