Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)
In 2019, Judge Steven A. Ellis, freshly appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, left a meeting with Presiding Judge Kevin C. Brazile and Assistant Presiding Judge Eric C. Taylor, at which they informed Ellis of his new assignment: family law. Outside, Ellis whipped out his phone. He pulled up Google. He typed a phrase into the search bar: “What’s family law?”
When Ellis offered this account during an interview... (continued)