Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Monterey Park)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, June 28, 2016; directing attorney, Public Counsel, Los Angeles, 2007-16; partner, Horvitz & Levy LLP, Los Angeles, 2004-07; directing attorney, Public Counsel, Los Angeles, 2001-04; partner, Horvitz & Levy LLP, Los Angeles, 1991-2001; associate, Irell & Manella LLP, Los Angeles, 1989-91; law clerk to Judge Harry Pregerson, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Los Angeles, 1988-1989
Law School: Yale Law School, 1988
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, June 28, 2016; directing attorney, Public Counsel, Los Angeles, 2007-16; partner, Horvitz & Levy LLP, Los Angeles, 2004-07; directing attorney, Public Counsel, Los Angeles, 2001-04; partner, Horvitz & Levy LLP, Los Angeles, 1991-2001; associate, Irell & Manella LLP, Los Angeles, 1989-91; law clerk to Judge Harry Pregerson, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Los Angeles, 1988-1989
Law School: Yale Law School, 1988
MONTEREY PARK -- Judge Lisa R. Jaskol said she doesn't communicate much with children in her dependency courtroom other than greetings, but one day found herself explaining to a 17-year-old why he couldn't go back home.
Since he was nearly a legal adult, she went over in detail that because of a substance abuse problem, he had to be temporarily taken away from his stepfather.
It was during a detention hearing, the first stop for dependency cases, where the burde... (continued)
