Orange County (Santa Ana)
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
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
SANTA ANA -- Judge David A. Hoffer still gets excited about trial work even though he has heard more than 260 jury trials in his 15-year career on the Orange County Superior Court.
Now the senior member of the felony trial panel at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana, Hoffer said he still relishes the moment before getting a new case.
"When they send me a trial from Department C5, I... (continued)
