2 Named to Occupy New Judgeships on Superior Court
Gov. George Deukmejian on Thursday appointed San Diego Municipal Judge Dick Murphy and Thomas O. LaVoy, a partner in the law firm of Wingert, Grebin, Anello & LaVoy, to fill newly created positions on the county’s Superior Court bench.
LaVoy, 45, was a special attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in Newark, N.J., for three years before joining the San Diego law firm in 1975.
After graduating from the University of Virginia with a law degree in 1968, LaVoy served in Okinawa and Vietnam with the Marines for five years before joining the Justice Department.
Murphy, 46, is a former San Diego City Councilman who represented the San Carlos area from 1980 to 1985 before the governor appointed him to the Municipal Court.
Murphy received his law degree from Stanford University in 1975 before joining the San Diego law firm of Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps.
Superior Court judges are paid $89,851 a year.
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