
Career Highlights: Elevated to the San Diego County Superior Court by Gov. George Deukmejian, 1987, retired January 2025; judge, San Diego county Municipal Court, 1982-87; deputy district attorney, San Diego county, 1969-82
Law School: University of San Francisco School of Law
SAN DIEGO — Even at 80, Judge Runston G. Maino likes to think of himself as a rebel.
He’s been an outspoken critic of state court spending and failed projects such as the California Case Management System, a new filing system developed by the Administrative Office of the Courts — which ultimately pulled the plug earlier in the decade, but not before betting $500 million on the effort.
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