Los Angeles County (Monterey Park)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown June 1, 2018; partner, Scheper Kim & Harris LLP, Los Angeles, 2008-18; assistant U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, 1995-08; associate, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen LLP, Los Angeles, 1992-95; clerk to U.S District Court Judge Laughlin E. Waters, Central District, Los Angeles, 1990-92.
Law School: New York Univeristy School of Law
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown June 1, 2018; partner, Scheper Kim & Harris LLP, Los Angeles, 2008-18; assistant U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, 1995-08; associate, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen LLP, Los Angeles, 1992-95; clerk to U.S District Court Judge Laughlin E. Waters, Central District, Los Angeles, 1990-92.
Law School: New York Univeristy School of Law
MONTEREY PARK -- Presiding over a juvenile dependency court can be depressing, but Judge Jean M. Nelson's experience with two teen foster brothers who cared for her parents in their old age gives her hope that there can be a happy ending even when children are legally removed from their parents' custody.
Nelson, appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 2018 after a career prosecuting and defending white-coll... (continued)
