Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, 2019; partner, Goodwin Procter LLP, 2010-19; partner, associate, Sidley Austin LLP, 1993-2010; associate counsel, Office of Independent Counsel, 1992-93; law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, 1991-92
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, 2019; partner, Goodwin Procter LLP, 2010-19; partner, associate, Sidley Austin LLP, 1993-2010; associate counsel, Office of Independent Counsel, 1992-93; law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, 1991-92
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law
In 2019, Judge Steven A. Ellis, freshly appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, left a meeting with Presiding Judge Kevin C. Brazile and Assistant Presiding Judge Eric C. Taylor, at which they informed Ellis of his new assignment: family law. Outside, Ellis whipped out his phone. He pulled up Google. He typed a phrase into the search bar: “What’s family law?”
When Ellis offered this account during an interview... (continued)
