Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, August 28, 2020.; head deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 2017-2020; Deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 1989-2017
Law School: University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
LONG BEACH -- A "scary" case she had as a deputy public defender, when her innocent client came close to being convicted, taught Judge Jeanmarie K. Warren one of the lessons she applies today: not to make assumptions. That applies to the evidence she requires when asked to issue restraining orders.
"I had a misdemeanor case of a DUI where it was really clear to me that I felt the defendant was innocent," Warren recal... (continued)