Los Angeles County (Monterey Park)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Second District Court of Appeal by Gov. Gavin Newsom, October 2022; appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, Nov. 2, 2017; national senior counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Los Angeles, 2010-17; senior trial attorney, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Los Angeles, 2005-10; staff attorney, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Los Angeles, 2001-05; associate, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, LLP, Los Angeles, 2000-01; law clerk, U.S. District Court Judge Carlos Moreno, Los Angeles, 1999-2000.
Law School: Yale Law School, 1999
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Second District Court of Appeal by Gov. Gavin Newsom, October 2022; appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, Nov. 2, 2017; national senior counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Los Angeles, 2010-17; senior trial attorney, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Los Angeles, 2005-10; staff attorney, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Los Angeles, 2001-05; associate, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, LLP, Los Angeles, 2000-01; law clerk, U.S. District Court Judge Carlos Moreno, Los Angeles, 1999-2000.
Law School: Yale Law School, 1999
MONTEREY PARK — Judge Victor Viramontes is used to keeping the best interest of children in mind, a focus he pursued as an attorney fighting for the rights of young adults brought into the U.S. illegally as children.
And it’s a vital component of his current role working with children in juvenile dependency.
Viramontes was assigned to the Edmund D. Edelman Children’s Court after his a... (continued)
