Criminal
Jan. 6, 2011
Ronald Brown New LA Public Defender
Ronald L. Brown is the first black to lead the Los Angeles County public defender's office.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Ronald L. Brown became the Los Angeles County public defender on Tuesday after supervisors unanimously appointed him to lead the nation's oldest criminal defense agency for the indigent.
Brown, 56, a graduate of USC and the UCLA law school, will make $270,000 a year. He replaces retired Public Defender Michael P. Judge.
Brown has worked in the office since 1981, and was one of Judge'...
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