Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Nov. 21, 2024; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 2016-24; senior counsel, LimNexus LLP, 2016; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 2008-16; adjunct professor, Loyola Law School, 2010-11, 2008; associate, Paul Hastings LLP, 2005-08
Law School: Loyola Law School, 2005
LOS ANGELES - The first time Superior Court Judge Danielle Colón O'Sullivan felt the power of being heard, she was a high school junior standing at the back of an auditorium on Long Island.
Colón O'Sullivan had been asked to join a committee of teachers, administrators and students to address proposed funding cuts to school programs. When it came time to speak before the Board of Education, she said, she organized other students to testify but had no intention ... (continued)