Career Highlights: Appointed to Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2016; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, 1999-2016; document review attorney, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, 1998-1999; paralegal, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, 1997-1998; lecturer, California State University, Long Beach, 1996-1999; summer law intern, United States Department of Justice Environmental Enforcement Division, 1995
Law School: Howard University School of Law, 1996
SAN FERNANDO — As an idealistic high school student, Tamu Usher decided she wanted to help people. She enrolled in the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.
“I was going to help fashion victims,” Usher said, laughing at the memory of her younger self, adding, “I stumbled my way into this.”
After changing course and getting an undergraduate degree in sociology from CSU Long Be... (continued)
