San Diego Criminal Justice Memorial
Honorees
A memorial directory honoring deceased judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys who advanced criminal justice in San Diego County.
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Browse the highlighted honorees in alphabetical order.
Hon. Ronald Abernethy
Tom Adler
Hon. Charles Nathaniel Andrews
Hon. David H. Bartick
Hon. Howard J. Bechefsky
Paul Edward Bell
Gerald “Jerry” Blank
Hon. Madge Bradley
William Braniff
Hon. John Jerome “Jack” Brennan, Sr.
Hon. Michael William Brennan
William Alden Brockett, Jr.
Charles “Ted” Bumer
Hon Edward T. Butler
Hon. James Marshall Carter
Ramon Castro
Hon. George Woodman Clarke
John J. Cleary
E. Stanley Conant
Hon. Robert W. Conyers
David Curnow
Hon. Thomas Graham Duffy
Gene Dukette
Hon. Norbert Ehrenfreund
Jeffery G. Elias
John Hart Ely
Hon. William B. Enright
Clifford K. Fitzgerald
William “Bill” R. Fletcher
Hon. Earl B. Gilliam
Betty Marshall Graydon
Leslie Jane Hahn
Hon. Ben W. Hamrick
Hon. Richard J. Hanscom
Mary Eleanor Harvey
Hon. Benjamin Ignatius Hayes
Marie M. Herney
Hon. Edgar Bedillion Hervey
Jack Hochman
John Thomas Holt
Peter Jay Hughes
Hon. Napoleon A. Jones, Jr.
Stanley Jones
Myron “Mike” Kaminar
Louis S. Katz
Hon. Judith Nelsen Keep
James Don Keller
Kenyon C. Keller
Peter C. Lehman
Hon. William T. Low
Hon. William P. Mahedy
Frank Mangan
Peter J. Mazza
Edwin L. Miller, Jr.
John Andrew Mitchell
Hon. William Mudd
Captain Arthur J. O’Keefe
John F. O’Laughlin
James Neil Pendleton
Stephen Joseph Perrello, Jr.
Warren P. Reese
Hon. John Skylstead Rhoades
Hon. Elizabeth Riggs
William “Bert” B. Ritchey
John Edgar Roundtree
Hon. Edward J. Schwartz
Barton C. Sheela, Jr.
Hon. William Arthur Sloane
Hon. Donald W. Smith
John Robert Sorbo
Hon. Robert J. Stahl, Jr.
Hon. Robert O. Staniforth
Marguerite Dorothy Blackwell Stein
Harry Steward
Kay L. Sunday
Hon. Gordon Thompson, Sr.
Hon. Gordon Thompson, Jr.
Hon. Howard B. Turrentine
Michael H. Walsh
Anselm Thomas Whelan
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2026 Honorees To Be Announced
The next class of honorees will be announced after the committee’s selection process is complete.
Status
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