By Blake Edwards
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - In 2005, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Monica Bachner was handling drunk-driving, prostitution and petty theft cases in West Covina. She told the Daily Journal at the time that she enjoyed her work but also wished she had more felony trials.
After two and a half years in West Covina, Bachner moved downtown, where she handled misdemeanor trials and then preliminary hearings before being a... (continued)