Central District of California (Los Angeles
Career Highlights: Appointed U.S. magistrate judge of the Central District of California, Los Angeles, 2015; of counsel, Buchalter Nemer, Los Angeles, 2013-15; senior counsel, Buchalter Nemer, Los Angeles, 2006-13; associate, Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman, Los Angeles, 2001-06; associate, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, 1995-2001
Law School: Stanford Univ Law School
Career Highlights: Appointed U.S. magistrate judge of the Central District of California, Los Angeles, 2015; of counsel, Buchalter Nemer, Los Angeles, 2013-15; senior counsel, Buchalter Nemer, Los Angeles, 2006-13; associate, Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman, Los Angeles, 2001-06; associate, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, 1995-2001
Law School: Stanford Univ Law School
LOS ANGELES — Before officially taking the bench, Karen L. Stevenson decided it would be best if she went to college first.
Though a longtime civil litigator, Stevenson said she knew her new job as a federal magistrate judge would require her to hear criminal motions as well. Not wanting to step into her new role with a blind spot, Stevenson took a trip back to school to audit a criminal procedures class.
