
Career Highlights: Joined ADR Services, January 2024; judge, Los Angeles Superior Court, 2002-February 2023; court commissioner, Los Angeles Superior, 2000-2002; Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, 1992-2000; private practice
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By Ryne Hodkowski
Daily Journal Staff Writer
TORRANCE - Judge David Sotelo said he became intrigued with the study of philosophy at an early age.
The son of a Roman Catholic immigrant-turned-Protestant minister, Sotelo spent most of his adolescence in San Francisco's Mission District during the height of the counterculture movement. Listening to Zen Buddhist Alan Watts on the local radio helped fuel his interest in the issue, as did a trip with his f... (continued)