
By Andrew McIntyre
Daily Journal Staff Writer
PASADENA - Later this year, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Terry L. Smerling celebrates 30 years on the bench, the last decade of which he spent helping countless individuals get treatment in cases involving drugs.
From the fifth floor of the Pasadena courthouse, Smerling spends most of his time working in the court's early disposition program trying to help the government and defense attorneys r... (continued)