Los Angeles County (Compton)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2007; elected commissioner by Los Angeles County judges, 2002; partner, Lightfoot Vandevelde Sadowsky Medvene & Levine, now Lightfoot Vandevelde Sadowsky, Los Angeles, , 1989-02
Law School: Loyola Law School, 1987
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2007; elected commissioner by Los Angeles County judges, 2002; partner, Lightfoot Vandevelde Sadowsky Medvene & Levine, now Lightfoot Vandevelde Sadowsky, Los Angeles, , 1989-02
Law School: Loyola Law School, 1987
COMPTON — Judge Melissa Widdifield has many resources at her disposal to help juvenile delinquents, but to address tardiness she keeps a box of old alarm clocks in her courtroom.
“I found out a lot of kids aren’t making it to first period because they don’t have phones or alarm clocks,” she said. “Teenage boys are notorious for that. They can’t get up in the morning, and they just want to sleep.”
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