Los Angeles County Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Oct. 18, 2023; deputy attorney general, California Department of Justice, Civil Rights Enforcement section, 2023; federal public defender, Central District of California, 2014-2023; associate, Greines Martin Stein & Richland LLP, 2011-14; professor, Southwestern Law School, 2009-10; professor, University of Texas Law School, 2008-09; professor, UCLA Law School, 2001-08; special assistant to the administrator, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Washington, D.C., 1994-95; law clerk, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge William A. Norris, 1993-94; associate, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering (currently Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP), Washington. D.C., 1992-93
Law School: Yale Law School, 1992
Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Oct. 18, 2023; deputy attorney general, California Department of Justice, Civil Rights Enforcement section, 2023; federal public defender, Central District of California, 2014-2023; associate, Greines Martin Stein & Richland LLP, 2011-14; professor, Southwestern Law School, 2009-10; professor, University of Texas Law School, 2008-09; professor, UCLA Law School, 2001-08; special assistant to the administrator, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Washington, D.C., 1994-95; law clerk, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge William A. Norris, 1993-94; associate, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering (currently Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP), Washington. D.C., 1992-93
Law School: Yale Law School, 1992
LOS ANGELES - Superior Court Judge Gary D. Rowe does not start jury trials with voir dire. Instead, he introduces the prospective panelists to the Glendale Courthouse itself.
"I do a whole lot to prime them," he said in a recent interview. "The first thing I try to do is make them want to be here."
Rowe directs jurors' attention to the mid-century modern building completed in the 1950s, pointing out architectural details and public art... (continued)
