The Honorable Joy Wiesenfeld Markman '75 Profiled in Daily Journal

Orange County Superior Court Judge Joy Wiesenfeld Markman '75, who presides over a juvenile delinquency court, was profiled in the Daily Journal on October 2, 2006. Markman says in the article that she believes even kids from poor or abusive backgrounds can turn their lives around, but that it depends on the minor. "We've seen children here from so-called 'bad' homes make a life for themselves, and we've seen children from 'good' homes spiral downward."

After completing law school, Markman worked at a variety of legal jobs, including as a law clerk for a Superior Court judge, a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney, a senior staff attorney for the 2nd District Court of Appeal, a lawyer for the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C., and an adjunct professor teaching pre-law courses at American University. Her last job before taking the bench was at the Orange County district attorney's office, where she worked from 1989 until 1993.

In 1993, Governor Pete Wilson appointed Markman to the West Orange County Municipal Court. Four years later, he elevated her to the Superior Court. She currently presides over Department L44 at the Lamoreux Justice Center in Orange County.

October 2, 2006/ Daily Journal
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