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Nov. 14, 2025

Judge Sumako McCallum brings generational resilience to dependency court

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Sumako McCallum says she draws on lessons from three generations of women in her family to guide her calm, child-centered approach on the dependency bench.

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Judge Sumako McCallum brings generational resilience to dependency court

Sumako McCallum

Los Angeles County Superior Court

Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, June 18 2025; Commissioner, Angeles County Superior Court, May 2024-2025; Los Angeles County Counsel's Office; Children's Law Center of Los Angeles; Morrison & Foerster LLP, 2000-2002

Law School: UCLA School of Law, 2000
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MONTEREY PARK - When Superior Court Judge Sumako McCallum sits at the bench in dependency court, she sometimes thinks about the women who came before her--not jurists or mentors, but her own family. None of them ever saw a courtroom from the bench, yet their lives, she said, taught her what strength looks like.

"My Japanese grandmother raised kids during World War II in a rural town. She's always been a symbol of strength and fortitude. My Canadian grandmother... (continued)

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