Judge Stephen J. McGreevy: Professional Background and Legal Expertise

The Hon. Stephen J. McGreevy is a judge on the Orange County Superior Court in California. He was elected to the bench on November 8, 2022.

Prior to his election, McGreevy was a deputy district attorney with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, a position to which he was named in 1997. During his tenure there, he supervised the Homicide Unit, prosecuting complex and serious sexual assault and homicide cases.

McGreevy earned a B.A. from Loyola Marymount University in 1991. He then completed a J.D. at the University of San Diego School of Law in 1994. As a law student, he clerked at Neil Dymott Hudson (1992 to 1993) and the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office (1993).

He was licensed to practice in California (1994).

After graduating from law school, McGreevy began his legal career as an associate at Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire in San Diego. He worked in that capacity until 1995, at which time he joined Clark Hill in Los Angeles.

McGreevy and his wife, Wendy, have two children. Wendy, an adoption attorney, previously worked as a prosecutor in San Diego.