Career Highlights: Elected Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, 1996; Fulbright Scholar, 2009-10, 2013; Los Angeles Municipal Court judge, 1987- 96; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, 1984-87; assistant to the dean, Northrop University School of Law, Inglewood, 1983-84; associate, Brauer & Lewis, 1978-82; elementary school teacher, 1971-78.
Law School: Loyola Law School, 1974
Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis isn't worried about her rulings being appealed, certainly not after a 40-year legal career where she has had to move homes because of her judicial decisions, and was on a killer's hit list when she was a prosecutor.
"I'm affirmed a great deal of the time," she said with confidence during an interview in her chambers at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse. "But it doesn't mean that I cannot make a mistake or t... (continued)