
Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner, May 23, 2022; temporary judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2017-22; staff attorney, 2nd District Court of Appeal, Los Angeles, 2010-22; law clerk, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2008-10
Law School: Southwestern School of Law
LOS ANGELES -- Superior Court Commissioner Hillary A. Gerber had a nontraditional trajectory to the bench.
An appellate court attorney for 12 years, she never worked in a law firm or had conventional litigation practice. The only time she ever set foot in a courtroom was as a law student, when she volunteered at the city attorney's office.
"I sensed from the beginning that I was al... (continued)