Judge Roger L. Lund was appointed Superior Court Judge by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in December 2009. He has handled all aspects of family law matters, elder abuse, domestic violence and civil harassment restraining orders, criminal trial and arraignment courts, traffic trials, small claims, and unlawful detainer cases, and served on the court’s appellate panel.
Judge Lund currently serves as the Presiding Probate Judge handling all probate, trust, conservatorship and guardianship of the person and estate cases in Ventura County in Courtroom J6 at the Juvenile Justice Center and Probate Court in Oxnard. He is a frequent speaker on topics related to probate, trust, conservatorships and guardianships at continuing education conferences for a variety of organizations, including the Center for Judicial Education and Research Probate and Mental Health Institute, the Professional Fiduciary Association of California Educational Conference, Through the Looking Glass Symposium, Ventura County Bar Association, County Counsels’ Association of California, and the Fox Rothschild Fiduciary Attorney Summit.
Judge Lund was named 2022 Judge of the Year by the Ventura County Trial Lawyers Association.
In June 2008, Roger L. Lund was elected as a Superior Court Commissioner by a unanimous vote of the Ventura Superior Court Judges, and served on the bench in that capacity until his appointment as a Superior Court Judge. While a Superior Court Commissioner, he primarily handled child support, child custody and visitation, domestic violence and civil harassment restraining order cases.
Prior to joining the bench, Judge Lund was in private practice for 13 years, handling wills, trusts, probates, conservatorships and guardianships, small business formation and advisement, real property transactions, and estate and income tax matters. During this time, he also served as a Probate Referee Assistant to Gregory R. Gose, California Probate Referee, assisting in the valuation of all kinds of probate estate assets.
Judge Lund received his Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University School of Law, and his undergraduate bachelor of arts degree in Philosophy from Brigham Young University.
In addition to his profession, Judge Lund has volunteered his time in many capacities with the Boy Scouts of America, served as a Planning Commissioner for the City of Camarillo, as a board member of the Boys and Girls Club of Camarillo, Pleasant Valley Education Foundation, and St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital Foundation, as a strategist for several local political campaigns, and as an elected member of a county party central committee.
Judge Lund is a proud Eagle Scout.
A resident of Ventura County for most of his life, Judge Lund is honored to raise his family here and to serve his fellow citizens as a Judge of the Superior Court.