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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.

PROFILE
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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