Los Angeles County (Los Angeles) Superior Court
Career Highlights: Retired May 5, 2021; Appointed judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis, 2001; senior counsel, Nissan North America, 1990-2001; senior counsel, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, 1987-90; associate, Beveridge & Diamond, 1985-87; counsel, Democratic National Committee, 1984-85; staff attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 1981-83.
Law School: Berkeley Law, 1981
Career Highlights: Retired May 5, 2021; Appointed judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis, 2001; senior counsel, Nissan North America, 1990-2001; senior counsel, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, 1987-90; associate, Beveridge & Diamond, 1985-87; counsel, Democratic National Committee, 1984-85; staff attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 1981-83.
Law School: Berkeley Law, 1981
By Greg Katz
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - With four felonies already on his record, Dewone Smith was not an upstanding citizen when he went to trial in Judge José Sandoval's downtown courtroom.
Smith also wasn't interested in facing six more strikes he'd been charged with he wouldn't budge out of his holding cell behind the courtroom.
Lawyers and sheriff's deputies said it was going to be impossible to move Smith,... (continued)
