Los Angeles County Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, June 2022. Deputy Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Central District of California, 2008-2022; Research and Writing Attorney, Federal Public Defender's Office, Central District of California, 2007-2008; associate, Akin Gump, 2006-2007.
Law School: Yale Law School
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, June 2022. Deputy Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Central District of California, 2008-2022; Research and Writing Attorney, Federal Public Defender's Office, Central District of California, 2007-2008; associate, Akin Gump, 2006-2007.
Law School: Yale Law School
VAN NUYS -- Family law Judge Gia Kim loves language and literature. She was an English major in college. She worked as an editorial assistant for a publishing house after graduation. She earned a doctorate of philosophy in English at UC Berkeley.
If it wasn't for a part-time job with a civil rights law firm in San Francisco while writing her dissertation, she might have stayed in academia.
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