Los Angeles County Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Oct. 7, 2022; assistant U.S. attorney, deputy chief, U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California, Los Angeles, 2000-22; trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington D.C., 2000; associate, Sidley Austin LLP, 1995-99; law clerk for U.S. District Judge James M. Ideman, Los Angeles, 1994-95
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law, 1994
Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Oct. 7, 2022; assistant U.S. attorney, deputy chief, U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California, Los Angeles, 2000-22; trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington D.C., 2000; associate, Sidley Austin LLP, 1995-99; law clerk for U.S. District Judge James M. Ideman, Los Angeles, 1994-95
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law, 1994
MONTEREY PARK -- Superior Court Judge Cathy J. Ostiller's major goal in dependency court is to help children from troubled homes so they don't grow up to be adult criminals like those she prosecuted as an assistant U.S. attorney.
The closest thing to experience in dependency she had as a Department of Justice attorney involved the Conviction and Sentence Alternatives (CASA) program in the Central District of California courts, w... (continued)
