Judges and Judiciary
Jan. 17, 2002
Embattled Mental Health Expert Makes His Exit
LOS ANGELES - In 21 years on the bench - 11 of them as supervising judge of Department 95, the county mental health court - and 12 years as a public defender, Judge Harold Shabo has become nationally known as an expert on mental illness and the criminal justice system.




Harold Shabo
Superior Court Judge
Los Angeles County
Career highlights: Appointed by Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. to Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1980; elevated by Brown to Los Angeles Superior Court, 1982; supervising deputy public defender, California state public defender's office, 1977-80; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County public defender's office, 1968-77; senior research attorney for Justice C.J. Moss, 2nd Distr...
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