Los Angeles County (Norwalk)
Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, 2017; Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner, 2015-2017; Administrative Law judge, California Office of Administrative Hearings, 2008-2015; Attorney, U.S. Customs & Border Protection , 2006-2008; Associate, Jackson Lewis LLP, 2006; law clerk, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2002-2005; Associate, Piper Rudnick LLP, 2001; law clerk, Superior Court Judge Peter Olszewski Sr.2001-2001; Associate, Kaye Scholer, 1999-2000.
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, 2017; Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner, 2015-2017; Administrative Law judge, California Office of Administrative Hearings, 2008-2015; Attorney, U.S. Customs & Border Protection , 2006-2008; Associate, Jackson Lewis LLP, 2006; law clerk, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2002-2005; Associate, Piper Rudnick LLP, 2001; law clerk, Superior Court Judge Peter Olszewski Sr.2001-2001; Associate, Kaye Scholer, 1999-2000.
Los Angeles County Superior Court
NORWALK — Amy Yerkey has only been a superior court judge for a year, but she’s been preparing for the job since she was in middle school. At 12, she was already memorizing parts of the Constitution and staging her own imagined law classes.
“It’s kind of dorky,” said Yerkey from her chambers in the Norwalk Courthouse.
By 34, Yerkey was an administrative law judge with the California ... (continued)
