Superior Court Commissioner Los Angeles County
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, December 2023; commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2022-2023; trustee, The State Bar of California, San Francisco, 2020-22; adjunct faculty teacher, USC Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, 2017-2-22; adjunct faculty teacher, Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen, 2017; director, law and motion, Nguyen Theam Lawyers LLP (formerly Nguyen Lawyers ALC), Long Beach, 2016-2022; judicial law clerk, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Pasadena, 2012-14; judicial law clerk, U.S. Central District Court of California, Los Angeles, 2010-12; associate, Jones Day, Los Angeles, 2006-09; judicial law clerk, U.S. Central District Court of California, Los Angeles, 2003-06; judicial law clerk, Supreme Court of the State of Hawaii, Honolulu, 2002
Law School: UC Law San Francisco
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, December 2023; commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2022-2023; trustee, The State Bar of California, San Francisco, 2020-22; adjunct faculty teacher, USC Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, 2017-2-22; adjunct faculty teacher, Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen, 2017; director, law and motion, Nguyen Theam Lawyers LLP (formerly Nguyen Lawyers ALC), Long Beach, 2016-2022; judicial law clerk, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Pasadena, 2012-14; judicial law clerk, U.S. Central District Court of California, Los Angeles, 2010-12; associate, Jones Day, Los Angeles, 2006-09; judicial law clerk, U.S. Central District Court of California, Los Angeles, 2003-06; judicial law clerk, Supreme Court of the State of Hawaii, Honolulu, 2002
Law School: UC Law San Francisco
The formula for determining the amount of child support one owes in California is clear and easy to find by using an online calculator, and yet people arrive before Los Angeles County Commissioner Christine J. Gonong ready to argue that they should pay less.
"The best interest of the child should be the No. 1 priority," Gonong said in a recent interview. "They forget it's actually their own child that is at i... (continued)
