
Career Highlights: Nominated to the Central District by Pres. Joe Biden and confirmed September 2024; appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2011; vice president and general counsel, Bet Tzedek Legal Services, 2002-11; senior associate, Milberg LLP, 2000-02; community builder fellow, civil rights specialist, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 1999-2000; associate, Litt & Marquez, 1995-99; project attorney, ACLU of Southern California, 1994-95; associate, Gilbert, Kelly, Crowley & Jennett LLP, 1993-94
Law School: Loyola Law School, 1993
By Blake Edwards
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Among people who came of age in the '60s and '70s, vivid memories of the changing racial makeup of America's public schools are not uncommon. But such memories don't sound like those of Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michelle Williams Court.
As a grade school student in Denver in the mid-'70s, Court and some of her classmates were bused to a nearby school district, but... (continued)