Career Highlights: Retired March 2023 from the Los Angeles County Superior Court, appointed by Gov. Gray Davis, 2002; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, 1991-2002
Law School: Harvard Law School, 1991
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Retired Judge Craig D. Karlan said bodyboarding on a big Newport Beach wave as a teenager taught him a lesson he's still using today as a private neutral.
"I got on top of this massive wave. It felt like it was 15 feet, but for all I know it was 6 feet. But it was huge to me," Karlan recalled with a chuckle. "Then it disappeared, and I dropped to the sand, hit the sand, and then the wave crashed on top of me and beat me up and ... (continued)
