Los Angeles County (San Fernando)
Career Highlights: Elected to Los Angeles County Superior Court in November 2008, joined the bench in 2009; Los Angeles County deputy district attorney, 1994-2009
Law School: Loyola Law School, 1993
Career Highlights: Elected to Los Angeles County Superior Court in November 2008, joined the bench in 2009; Los Angeles County deputy district attorney, 1994-2009
Law School: Loyola Law School, 1993
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SAN FERNANDO — Pausing her monologue, Judge Hilleri Merritt took a deep breath, bowed her head, and brought her fingertips to the corners of her eyes.
“My mom was very sick, and she died that summer. And for the first couple months when I came back to work, I was just really, really quiet.”
Merritt said her uncharacteristic silence left her staff taken aback. “I don’t think anyone kne... (continued)
