
Career Highlights: Retired September 24, 2020; Appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggar to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2007; partner, Stark, Rasak & Clarke, 1992-2006; associate and partner, Baker, Silberberg & Keener, 1987-92; associate and partner, Kirtland & Packard, 1981-87; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 1977-81
Law School: UCLA School of Law, 1975
LOS ANGELES — “If I get to heaven and they say, ‘Tell me what you did as a judge,’ I’ll say I had my heart fully in it,” said Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Edmund W. Clarke.
Clarke has been a judge for 10 years and handled a felony calendar for four at Clara Foltz Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles. It is an intense assignment, but Clarke’... (continued)