State Bar Court (Los Angeles)
Career Highlights: Appointed State Bar Court Judge by the California Supreme Court, 2016, and reappointed to second six-year term in September 2022; supervising attorney, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 2011-16; national director of litigation, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 2006-11; assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. attorney's office, Los Angeles, 2000-06; trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1998-2000; special assistant to vice-chair Cruz Reynoso, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Davis, 1995-98
Law School: UCLA Law School
Career Highlights: Appointed State Bar Court Judge by the California Supreme Court, 2016, and reappointed to second six-year term in September 2022; supervising attorney, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 2011-16; national director of litigation, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 2006-11; assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. attorney's office, Los Angeles, 2000-06; trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1998-2000; special assistant to vice-chair Cruz Reynoso, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Davis, 1995-98
Law School: UCLA Law School
LOS ANGELES — For State Bar Court Judge Cynthia Valenzuela, the highlight of her job is an opportunity to safeguard the legal profession and its place in society.
“The cases are not really between ‘Party A’ and ‘Party B,’” she said. “The cases really do go to the very foundation and structure of the integrity of this profession. That’s meaningful to me, and it’s not just platitudes or principles. It’s a reality. It’s imp... (continued)
