
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis, 2002; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, 1994-2002; associate, McClintock, Weston, Benshoof, Rochefort, Rubalcava & MacCuish, Los Angeles, 1992-93; associate, Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, Los Angeles, 1991-92; associate, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, 1989-91
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law, 1989
By Brandon Ortiz
Daily Journal Staff Writer
BELLFLOWER - Superior Court Judge Charles Q. Clay III freely admits he "sold out."
After graduating with a broadcast journalism degree from USC in 1984, he became a news writer at Channel 13 in Los Angeles. With parts of the city embroiled in gang wars during the height of the crack epidemic, Clay spent much of his time writing about homicides and other violence. He decided he'd rather do somethin... (continued)