Los Angeles County (Inglewood)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, Nov. 2, 2017, retired March 2023; chief deputy, division chief, deputy alternate public defender, Alternate Public Defender's Office, Los Angeles County, 1994-2017; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 1991-94; paralegal, ARCO, Los Angeles, 1988-91; clerk to Judge John. L Braxton, the Philadelphia Courts, 1986; investigator, Sprague, Thall & Creamer, Philadelphia, 1985-86; legal aid, Delaware County Legal Assistance, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1979-81.
Law School: Southwestern Law School, 1979
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, Nov. 2, 2017, retired March 2023; chief deputy, division chief, deputy alternate public defender, Alternate Public Defender's Office, Los Angeles County, 1994-2017; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 1991-94; paralegal, ARCO, Los Angeles, 1988-91; clerk to Judge John. L Braxton, the Philadelphia Courts, 1986; investigator, Sprague, Thall & Creamer, Philadelphia, 1985-86; legal aid, Delaware County Legal Assistance, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1979-81.
Law School: Southwestern Law School, 1979
INGLEWOOD — Judge Bruce Brodie tutors African American law students for the bar exam but not as part of a school program. He invites them over to his house for study sessions.
Since 1991, he’s voluntarily helped prepare more than 800 students for the bar’s performance test under his roof.
Brodie’s motivation has always been a desire for African Americans to have a larger presence in th... (continued)
