Los Angeles County Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner, May 20, 2024; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 2019-24; co-executive director, LAW Project of Los Angeles, 2019-22; lecturer, UC Irvine School of Law, 2019-20; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 2017-19; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 2012-13; deputy alternate public defender, Los Angeles County, 2004-12; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 2001-04; associate, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 2000-01
Law School: New York University School of Law, 2000
Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner, May 20, 2024; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 2019-24; co-executive director, LAW Project of Los Angeles, 2019-22; lecturer, UC Irvine School of Law, 2019-20; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 2017-19; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 2012-13; deputy alternate public defender, Los Angeles County, 2004-12; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 2001-04; associate, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 2000-01
Law School: New York University School of Law, 2000
VAN NUYS - When Superior Court Commissioner Sarah J. Ellenberg took her oath of office exactly a year ago, she stepped into the courtroom wearing the judicial robe of her late father - its sleeves billowing, its symbolism perfectly tailored.
"It has big wide arms, so they slip up," she said, "but I wore it for my swearing-in. Before he passed, he had dementia, and I was able to tell him I was on the commissioner list - and that, he remembered."
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