Superior Court Commissioner Los Angeles County
Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner, April 2005; assigned referee by (now retired) Judge Terry B. Friedman, Los Padrinos Juvenile Court, 2002-05; staff attorney, Dependency Court Legal Services, Los Angeles, 1992-2000; staff attorney, Auxiliary Legal Services, Los Angeles, 1991-92; adjunct professor of criminal evidence, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, 1989-91; staff attorney, Attorney General of Arkansas, Little Rock, 1988-91; deputy public defender, Pulaski County Public Defender's Office, Little Rock, 1986-88; associate, Law Offices of John Wesley Hall, Little Rock, 1985-86
Law School: Indiana University Maurer School of Law (formerly Indiana University School of Law,) Bloomington, 1985
Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner, April 2005; assigned referee by (now retired) Judge Terry B. Friedman, Los Padrinos Juvenile Court, 2002-05; staff attorney, Dependency Court Legal Services, Los Angeles, 1992-2000; staff attorney, Auxiliary Legal Services, Los Angeles, 1991-92; adjunct professor of criminal evidence, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, 1989-91; staff attorney, Attorney General of Arkansas, Little Rock, 1988-91; deputy public defender, Pulaski County Public Defender's Office, Little Rock, 1986-88; associate, Law Offices of John Wesley Hall, Little Rock, 1985-86
Law School: Indiana University Maurer School of Law (formerly Indiana University School of Law,) Bloomington, 1985
DOWNEY -- Superior Court Commissioner Steff R. Padilla moved from dependency to traffic court following the death of her husband, Commissioner Alan H. Friedenthal, in 2020.
"I tell people all the time it's like carrying two heavy grocery bags," she said of dealing with the declining health of her loved one while deciding whether family members should be reunited.
After her loss, "I had an unbalanced b... (continued)
