ABOUT JANET KINTNER:
Janet grew up as a small child in Fairborn, Ohio, then moved to Tucson, Arizona. She was a college debater and then an early lawyer in the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1970s, at age 31, she was appointed the third female judge ever in San Diego and the youngest judge ever in California at that time. It was obvious to Kintner that there was a need for more women in the justice system. Women were already in the system as victims, witnesses, and parties, but they rarely had power.
She was challenged by two men in an election two years later when she, then 33 and pregnant with her second child, had to fight to keep her seat. She was torn between her three roles: being a wife and mother of a two-year-old and her new baby born during the campaign, working fulltime as a judge, and campaigning in a difficult election to keep her seat.
She supported new organizations dedicated to promoting equality for women including the Lawyers Club, the California Women Lawyers, the National Association of Women Judges, and the International Association of Women Judges.
As a lawyer and judge, Kintner wrote many legal articles that appeared in the San Diego County Bar Association magazine, as well as other legal periodicals on the local, state, and national levels.
Kintner taught judges in California and other places in the U.S. and Canada. She especially enjoys studying and explaining Myers Briggs Personality types.
Kintner's causes have included seeking equality for women and improving the lives of people with type 1 diabetes, which includes one of her children.
Now Kintner is devoting herself to writing, as well as being the mother of three grown children and four "perfect" grandchildren. She is happily married to her second husband, a Canadian.