Los Angeles County (Compton)
Career Highlights: Appointed by Gov. Gray Davis as a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, 2002; commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2000-02; commissioner, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1993-2000; sole practitioner, Compton, 1982-93; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 1980-82
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law
Career Highlights: Appointed by Gov. Gray Davis as a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, 2002; commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2000-02; commissioner, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1993-2000; sole practitioner, Compton, 1982-93; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 1980-82
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law
Each year, Los Angeles County judges are asked to list the top three courthouses in which they'd like to serve.
For Judge Kelvin D. Filer, the answer is easy: Compton, Compton and Compton.
Born, raised and educated in Compton, Filer has worked for nearly three decades in the city's courthouse.
A former criminal defense attorney, he started out as a municipal court commissio... (continued)
