
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2008; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, 1990-2008
Law School: Southwestern University School of Law, 1989
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - There was a time when dressing for success meant head-to-toe sparkle for Karla Kerlin. She was a Las Vegas showgirl. Nowadays, Kerlin dons the simple black robe of a Superior Court judge. Before her appointment to the bench last November, Kerlin spent 18 years with the district attorney's office, prosecuting alleged child abusers, rapists and killers - some of whom made interna... (continued)