Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, June 2010; deputy alternate public defender, Los Angeles, 2000-10; deputy public defender, Los Angeles, 1996-2000; staff counsel, California Employment Development Department, 1990-96
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center, 1988
WHITTIER - Superior Court Judge James E. Horan's chambers are dimly lit, softening the edges of the room and making it feel less like a command post than a private workspace. A guitar sits within reach. Posters of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones hang like time stamps.
"I would have changed over the years from the fast 'Helter Skelter' version, which I loved back then, the distortion and all that, to now a little faster than the bluesy version,"... (continued)