Tips from the Bench: Judge Lorna Alksne
Tips from the Bench: Judge Lorna Alksne
Attorney at Law
You may recognize Judge Lorna Alksne from your living room. Or, possibly, your patio.
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Tips from the Bench: Judge CJ Mody
Tips from the Bench: Judge CJ Mody
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
Judge CJ Mody, who joined the bench in January 2021, is the first South Asian American judge to sit on the San Diego Superior Court. Born in Bombay, India, now known as Mumbai, Judge Mody was 12 years old when he and his family immigrated to the United States. With aspirations to create educational opportunities for the children, Judge Mody’s family made the move to San Diego in the late 1980’s.
Tips from the Bench: Judge Tamila Ipema
Tips from the Bench: Judge Tamila Ipema
Miller, Monson, Peshel, Polacek & Hoshaw
Judge Tamila Ebrahimi Ipema is the first Iranian-American Judge appointed to the bench of the California Superior Court in San Diego. She was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. Her father, a human rights activist and lawyer, instilled the importance of education in his children, including Judge Ipema. Her parents gave her the choice of marrying young, as her mother and grandmother had done before her, or pursuing an education. Judge Ipema chose the latter and obtained her bachelor’s degree from Damavand College in Tehran, Iran, by the age of 20.
Tips from the Bench: Judge Robert Dahlquist
Tips from the Bench: Judge Robert Dahlquist
Aguirre & Severson LLP
The Honorable Robert P. Dahlquist has been a judge for North County San Diego Superior Court for 18 years. Judge Dahlquist was born and largely raised near Salt Lake City, Utah. As the middle child of five kids, Judge Dahlquist learned many lessons from his family. He remembers seeing both his parents work hard to make a living, even though there were not many working mothers at that time. Often, his father worked two jobs (one during the day and another part-time at night). Even though Judge Dalhquist’s parents were not college-educated, they impressed on him and his siblings that education was the only way to advance, and always encouraged him to pursue education.
Tips from the Bar: Maggie E. Schroedter
Higgs Fletcher & Mack partner Maggie Schroedter went from not knowing a single person in San Diego ten years ago to being named this year’s incoming president of Lawyers Club of San Diego.
