Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)
Career Highlights: Elected presiding judge by the judges of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Oct. 2, 2024; appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, Dec. 5, 2013; senior trial attorney, deputy alternate public defender, Los Angeles County, 2001-13; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 1997-2001; staff attorney, AmeriCorps fellow, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, 1996-97
Law School: University of Iowa College of Law, 1996
Career Highlights: Elected presiding judge by the judges of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Oct. 2, 2024; appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, Dec. 5, 2013; senior trial attorney, deputy alternate public defender, Los Angeles County, 2001-13; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 1997-2001; staff attorney, AmeriCorps fellow, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, 1996-97
Law School: University of Iowa College of Law, 1996
By Brian Cardile
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - While valeting cars for San Francisco's Flying Dutchman Parking Company in the late 1980s, Sergio Tapia would think about his studies at nearby UC Berkeley, or whether his side job would help meet that month's bills. But one consideration that never entered his head was the idea that, roughly 25 years in the future, he would sit just blocks away in the California State Bar office to discuss his ju... (continued)
