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Nov. 3, 2020

Changing the Dialogue

Judge Akemi Arakaki helps child sex trafficking victims find a new path.

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Changing the Dialogue

Akemi Arakaki


Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2010; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 1999-2010; attorney, Law Offices of Steve Escovar, 1998-99

Law School: Loyola Law School
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MONTEREY PARK -- After a delay in lining up lawyers for a hearing, Judge Akemi D. Arakaki found herself talking to an upset teenage girl on Webex.

"I think she's 15 and she said, 'You really messed me up, you made me miss class,'" Arakaki recalled.

The judge said she apologized, but also mentioned how proud she was of the girl. "You made my day," Arakaki said. "You really just illust... (continued)

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