
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, July 2024; commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2015-2024; founding attorney, Boxer Law Corporation, 2014-15; managing partner, Boxer Molfetta APC, 2014; managing partner, Boxer McLaughlin APC, 2011-13; public defender, San Bernardino County, 2006-10; deputy public defender, Orange County, 1996-2006; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 1995-96; sole practitioner, 1994-95; partner, Grayson, Topsfield & Boxer, 1993-94; attorney, Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn, New York, 1989-92.
Law School: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1989
LOS ANGELES — Sitting in her Stanley Mosk Courthouse chambers, Commissioner Doreen B. Boxer recently reflected on the experiences that pushed her toward a career in the law: a dramatic childhood move, a college stalker and a high school run-in with the justice system.
As a child, Boxer moved from New York to New Mexico, a significant change of venue that would teach her what it is like to be an outsider without an advoca... (continued)