Los Angeles County
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2010; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, 1994-2010; sole practitioner, 1993-94; insurance defense, Robinson, DiLando & Whitaker APLC, 1992-93; law clerk, Los Angeles County district attorney
Law School: DePaul University College of Law/ Southwestern Law School
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2010; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, 1994-2010; sole practitioner, 1993-94; insurance defense, Robinson, DiLando & Whitaker APLC, 1992-93; law clerk, Los Angeles County district attorney
Law School: DePaul University College of Law/ Southwestern Law School
Midway through a phone interview in late August, Judge Shelly B. Torrealba excused herself. Someone had walked into her downtown Los Angeles chambers. "We'll talk in a minute," Torrealba could be heard promising her visitor, before returning to the phone with an apology. Torrealba has an open-door policy, she explained -- a holdover from her days at the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, where she worked for nearly two decades before taking ... (continued)
