
Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Diego County Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis, 2003; deputy chief, assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District, San Diego, 1995-2003; White House fellow to Attorney General Janet Reno, Washington D.C., 1994-95; associate, Brobeck Phleger & Harrison, San Diego, 1993-94; associate, Morrison & Foerster, Los Angeles, 1989-92
Law School: Harvard Law School, 1988
SAN DIEGO — There’s one thing lawyers shouldn’t try in Judge Yvonne Campos’ criminal courtroom: redefining “proof beyond a reasonable doubt.”
Campos said she’s seen lawyers get creative to try to do so, even using charts.
Having served three years in San Diego County Superior Court’s appellate division, she said she knows how much bench officers at that level frown on such language modi... (continued)