Bonnie Dumanis
(1952 - living) U.S.A.
Judge
Born in Massachusetts, Dumanis received her undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. After studying language for a year in France, she won her law degree from California Western University School of Law. She was elected to the Municipal Court bench in 1994 and the Superior Court in 1998.
Dumanis, who's Jewish, is the Republican daughter of Democrat parents. She lives in Hillcrest with her companion of six years, former journalist Denise Nelesen, a gerontologist who's communications director for Aging & Independence Services, a county agency that helps the aging and disabled find resources and protects the elderly from abuse.
She is Superior Court judge; Bonnie was elected District Attorney in San Diego County in November 2002, and she is the first openly gay district attorney in the U.S.
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