Los Angeles County (Monterey Park)
Career Highlights: Nominated to the 2nd District Court of Appeal by Gov. Gavin Newsom, February 2023, and confirmed April 2023; temporarily assigned to the Court of Appeal, February 2021; appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, Nov. 2, 2017; senior appellate court attorney, 2nd District Court of Appeal, 2009-17; appellate court attorney, 2nd District Court of Appeal, 2008-09; associate, Caldwell Leslie Newcombe Pettit PC, Los Angeles, 2005-07; associate, Bernabei & Katz PLLC, Washington, D.C., 2002-05.
Law School: Yale Law School, 2001
Career Highlights: Nominated to the 2nd District Court of Appeal by Gov. Gavin Newsom, February 2023, and confirmed April 2023; temporarily assigned to the Court of Appeal, February 2021; appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, Nov. 2, 2017; senior appellate court attorney, 2nd District Court of Appeal, 2009-17; appellate court attorney, 2nd District Court of Appeal, 2008-09; associate, Caldwell Leslie Newcombe Pettit PC, Los Angeles, 2005-07; associate, Bernabei & Katz PLLC, Washington, D.C., 2002-05.
Law School: Yale Law School, 2001
MONTEREY PARK — Within her department, Judge Rashida Adams is known for being meticulous and making a clear record in each one of her cases. On an assignment in which she might see 20 to 30 dependency cases a day, Adams considers careful note-taking essential to being fully engaged in every hearing.
“I think I figured out pretty quickly that if I wasn’t fairly meticulous, I wouldn’t remember cases when I saw them next,” ... (continued)
