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Debra L. Gonzales

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Commissioner (ret.)



Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner, August 2022, retired May 2, 2026; assistant city attorney, public safety general counsel division, Los Angeles, 2000-22; deputy city attorney, Los Angeles, 1991-2000; supervising deputy city attorney, Hollywood branch, 1989-91; deputy city attorney, Los Angeles, 1989-84; trial attorney, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Los Angeles, 1982-84, San Francisco, 1980-82

UC Berkeley Law School