Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Bernardino County Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis, 2001, retired July 2024; partner, Law Office of Garza, Garza & Reyes, San Bernardino, 1995; associate, Law Offices of Rose, Klein & Marias, San Bernardino, 1984-95
Law School: Western State University College of Law
SAN BERNARDINO -- Judge John Pacheco's neighborhood didn't have a trash service when he was growing up, so he and his father would haul their garbage in a pickup truck to a local landfill.
He was raised in Bloomington in San Bernardino County, and once a month they made the trek. But one such excursion when Pacheco was 13 changed his family's lives.
"We barely had gone one block. We came... (continued)