Los Angeles County Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner, Dec. 21, 2023; supervising attorney, staff attorney, Children's Law Center of California, 2019-23; deputy trial counsel, State Bar of California, 2016-19; staff attorney, law clerk, Children's Law Center of California, 2010-16
Law School: Fordham University, New York, 2009
Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner, Dec. 21, 2023; supervising attorney, staff attorney, Children's Law Center of California, 2019-23; deputy trial counsel, State Bar of California, 2016-19; staff attorney, law clerk, Children's Law Center of California, 2010-16
Law School: Fordham University, New York, 2009
MONTEREY PARK - To reach Pitcairn Island -- a British territory in the South Pacific -- Superior Court Commissioner Juan M. Valles II traveled to Tahiti and then Mangareva in French Polynesia. From there, he boarded a cargo ship that makes the journey only four times a year, enduring a 36-hour voyage. Pitcairn has no airport and no port. Visitors descend on a rope ladder from the ship onto a longboat that ferries them ashore.
"Getting there is incredibly difficul... (continued)
