2024 Officers and Directors
Featured Lecturer
The Honorable Robert Trentacosta
Judge Robert J. Trentacosta completed his term as the Presiding Judge of the San Diego Superior Court in December 2013. Formerly, he held multiple leadership positions within the court including: Assistant Presiding Judge, Supervising Criminal Judge and Supervising Judge of the South County Division. He is presently presiding over Juvenile Justice matters.
Judge Trentacosta is currently a member of the California Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions (CJEO) providing ethics advice to all judicial officers in the State of California. He previously served as the Chairperson for all Judicial Leadership Education in the State of California. Judge Trentacosta is an Adjunct Professor of law at California Western School of Law teaching “Trial Practice.”
When he was a practicing trial lawyer, Judge Trentacosta was the President of the Plaintiff’s Trial Bar (2000) and the President of the San Diego Inn of Court, College of Advocacy (1997). He has been honored as “Outstanding Jurist of the Year” several times by various trial lawyer and bar organizations.
Program Volunteers - Attorneys
Ben Anderson
Edward “Skip” Babbitt
Micaela Banach
Tim Blood
Darin Boles
Sarah Brand
Joshua Brisbane
Brian Burchett
Clayton Carr
Jessica Coronado
John Culver
Thom Diachenko
Deborah Dixon
Cherie Enge
David Finn
Robert Francavilla
David Gallo
Corey Garrard
Vanessa Gerard
Anton Gerschler
John Gomez
Max Halpern
Sarah Havens
Lucas Hirsty
Patricia Hollenbeck
Valerie Hong
Clark Hudson
Chris Hulburt
Elliott Jung
Robert Juskie
Price Kent
Brandon Kimura
Rebecca Lack
Christopher Lawson
Chris Lee
Paul Leeds
Rhonda Mallory
Amy Rose Martel
Domenic Martini
Will Miller
John O’Connell
Patrick Ojeil
Melissa Owens
John Philpott
Meredith Pro
Brian Rawers
Dwight Ritter
Jamie Ritterbeck
Brett Schreiber
Spencer Sharpe
Shital Thakker
Anthony Vargas
Steve Vosseller
Jim Wallace
Ian Williamson
Allison Worden
Program Volunteers - Judges
Hon. Wendy Behan
Hon. Daniel Belsky
Hon. Frank Birchak
Hon. Jill Burkhardt
Hon. Anthony Campagna
Hon. Karen S. Crawford
Hon. Debbie Cumba
Hon. Mark Cumba
Hon. Frank Devaney
Hon. Kevin Enright
Hon. Ron Frazier
Hon. Ernie Gross
Hon. William Q. Hayes
Hon. Lilys McCoy
Hon. Marcella McLaughlin
Hon. Pennie McLaughlin
Hon. Michelle Pettit
Hon. Victor Pippins
Hon. Cathy Richardson
Hon. Terrie Roberts
Hon. Renee Stackhouse
Hon. Robert Trentacosta
Hon. Victor Torres
"Taking this type of a course is really a great refresher, and even though it’s outside of my comfort zone, the staff and the instructors, and the other people in our group are really great at just being encouraging and making us feel comfortable so that we can really just get down to practicing."
Carree Nahama Esq.