
Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2006; city attorney, South Pasadena, 2003-06; city attorney, Rolling Hills Estates, 2005-06; assistant city attorney, Calabasas, 2003; assistant city attorney, Rolling Hills Estates, 1995-2005; partner, Bannan Green Frank & Terzian, 2000-06; associate, LeBoeuf Lamb Green & MacRae, 1995-2000; associate, Adams Duque & Hazeltine, 1990-95
Law School: USC Gould School of Law, 1995
Daily Journal Staff Writer
CHATSWORTH — As a student, Judge Stephen P. Pfahler planned on building a career as a sports agent.
Then he met Erwin Chemerinsky, who taught constitutional law at USC Gould School of Law, and sparked Pfahler's change in direction from entertainment to constitutional law.
"He often posed hypotheticals that made you think about what your princ... (continued)