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Oct. 19, 2022

Up to the task

Judge Susan Ser had to learn an unfamiliar area of law after joining the bench last year.

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Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)

After spending 22 years prosecuting corruption, murder and other violent crimes as a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney, being on the bench at Sylmar Juvenile Courthouse has required Judge Susan Ser to learn an almost entirely new area of law.

“I didn’t get to work with a lot of children as an attorney, but once I became a judge my first assignment was dependency,” Ser said in an interview. “Now I’m in juvenile justice,... (continued)

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