Judge Dwayne Moring
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Dwayne K. Moring to a judicial seat on the San Diego County Superior Court on July 21, 2008.
Judge Moring currently hears criminal matters as the Supervising Judge at the San Diego South County Courthouse. He is the first African-American Supervising Judge for the South County Courthouse. His previous assignment was in one of the old Central Courthouse Felony Settlement Departments where half of all the felony cases filed at the main courthouse were heard in his department. He was also assigned to the Juvenile Delinquency Court for three years.
Judge Moring tried approximately 75 felony and misdemeanor jury trials prior to his appointment. He has presided over approximately 50 jury trials as a judge.
Prior to his appointment, Judge Moring was a Deputy District Attorney in the Sex Crimes and Stalking Division of the San Diego District Attorney’s Office. Previously, Judge Moring was a Deputy Alternate Public Defender with the San Diego Alternate Public Defender’s Office, and a Deputy City Attorney in the San Diego City Attorney’s Office.
Judge Moring is a board member of the San Diego Judges Association, a Sustaining Member of the San Diego Lawyers Club, a lifetime member of both the Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association and Earl B. Gilliam Bar Foundation, and a Master with the J. Clifford Wallace American Inn of Court. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of the: California Judges Association, Crawford High School Academy of Law, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, and the University Club Atop Symphony Towers of San Diego. He is also a member of the San Diego Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Judge Moring is the recipient of several awards for his involvement in the legal community. In October 2017 he was recognized by Pepperdine University as one of its “Top 40 Over 40 Alumni.” He was honored with the “Flame Of Inspiration Award” by the Thomas Jefferson School Of Law Black Law Student Association in March 2008 acknowledging his mentorship of minority law students. In 2007, Judge Moring received the “Outstanding Service By A Public Attorney Award” from the San Diego County Bar Association. He also received the San Diego County Sexual Assault Response Team’s “Response With A Heart Award” in appreciation of his significant contribution to sexual assault prosecution in 2007.
Judge Moring received his juris doctor degree from Pepperdine School of Law in 1991. He also attended Pepperdine University as an undergraduate where he received a Bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1984.
Judge Moring was born and raised in San Diego, California.