Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)
Career Highlights: Elected to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, June 8, 2010; appointed early by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, July 2010; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, 1997-2010; deputy legal counsel to Board of Equalization Chair Brad Sherman, 1993-97
Law School: USC Gould School of Law, 1992
Career Highlights: Elected to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, June 8, 2010; appointed early by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, July 2010; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, 1997-2010; deputy legal counsel to Board of Equalization Chair Brad Sherman, 1993-97
Law School: USC Gould School of Law, 1992
By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Valerie Salkin was 13 when a sniper shot her.
She was roller-skating with her younger brother one Sunday afternoon on an otherwise deserted playground in a quiet Westside neighborhood. When she looked down, her jeans were soaked in blood.
It was not a life-threatening injury, Salkin said, but the .22-caliber bullet that ripped through her left thigh, also pierced her sense of security.
