Los Angeles County Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2011; partner, Bensinger Ritt Tai and Thvedt, 1995-2011 ; associate attorney, Quinn Kully and Morrow, 1991-95; deputy federal public defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California, 1987-1991.
Law School: USC Gould School of Law
Career Highlights: Appointed a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2011; partner, Bensinger Ritt Tai and Thvedt, 1995-2011 ; associate attorney, Quinn Kully and Morrow, 1991-95; deputy federal public defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California, 1987-1991.
Law School: USC Gould School of Law
LOS ANGELES — Superior Court Judge Kerry R. Bensinger initially thought he’d be a playwright because he was fascinated by the spectrum of human emotion in which the genre deals. Then he realized being a lawyer would provide the same thing.
“I was drawn to criminal law because I always thought it was the fulcrum of where these emotions, notions of right and wrong, reasons why people get involved in criminal acts, or the innocent ... (continued)
