Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2018; commissoner, Los Angeles County, 2015-18; sole practitioner, court appointed minor's counsel, 2005-15; staff attorney, Los Angeles County Department of Child Support Services, district attorney's office, Los Angeles County 2000-05; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 1998-00
Law School: Whittier Law School, 1997
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2018; commissoner, Los Angeles County, 2015-18; sole practitioner, court appointed minor's counsel, 2005-15; staff attorney, Los Angeles County Department of Child Support Services, district attorney's office, Los Angeles County 2000-05; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 1998-00
Law School: Whittier Law School, 1997
CHATSWORTH — Along with her legal training and years in family law, there’s another life lesson Judge Michelle S. Short has learned.
“Not everything in this life has to happen today,” she said.
It’s a notion she bears in mind in her current traffic court assignment at the Chatsworth Courthouse when defendants ask for the price tag of their traffic tickets to be reduced.
