Los Angeles County Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, December 2025; commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court, May 2024-2025; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 2019-2024; co-executive director, LAW Project of Los Angeles, 2019-2022; lecturer, UC Irvine School of Law, 2019-2020; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 2017-19; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 2012-2013; deputy alternate public defender, Los Angeles County, 2004-2012; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 2001-2004; associate, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 2000-01
Law School: New York University School of Law, 2000
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, December 2025; commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court, May 2024-2025; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 2019-2024; co-executive director, LAW Project of Los Angeles, 2019-2022; lecturer, UC Irvine School of Law, 2019-2020; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 2017-19; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 2012-2013; deputy alternate public defender, Los Angeles County, 2004-2012; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 2001-2004; associate, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 2000-01
Law School: New York University School of Law, 2000
VAN NUYS - When Superior Court Commissioner Sarah J. Ellenberg took her oath of office exactly a year ago, she stepped into the courtroom wearing the judicial robe of her late father - its sleeves billowing, its symbolism perfectly tailored.
"It has big wide arms, so they slip up," she said, "but I wore it for my swearing-in. Before he passed, he had dementia, and I was able to tell him I was on the commissioner list - and that, he remembered."
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