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Court Referee Sees Law as Means of Improving Lives
LOS ANGELES - Juvenile court Referee Steff Padilla says she's fighting to keep the children of Los Angeles alive. "Sometimes we're literally fighting for these kids' lives," Padilla said. "We're not just figuratively fighting for their futures."
Juvenile Court Referee
Los Angeles (Downey)
Career highlights: Assigned by Judge Terry B. Friedman to Los Padrinos Juvenile Court, 2002; hired as an as-needed Los Angeles Superior Court referee in 2000; staff attorney, D...