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Nov. 11, 2022

The Rescuer

Norman P. Tarle sees his job as keeping parties away from a place of potential peril: court.

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The Rescuer

Career Highlights: Joined Judicate West, September 2021. Retired 2021. Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis, 2001; commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 1994-2001; commissioner, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1985-94; deputy city attorney, Los Angeles, 1979-85; staff attorney, Planning and Research Unit, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1977-79

Law School: UCLA School of Law, 1976

Judicate West

After retiring from the Los Angeles County Superior Court in the spring of 2021, Norman P. Tarle was looking to enrich his routine with a little additional purpose and meaning.

“While it’s great having time to see my grandkids up north and to just veg out,” Tarle explained with a laugh, “you can only do that so long before you start to rust.”

Tarle worked for 36 years as a commissioner and judge in L... (continued)

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