Los Angeles County (Santa Monica)
Career Highlights: Joined Judicate West, September 2021. Retired 2021. Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis, 2001; commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 1994-2001; commissioner, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1985-94; deputy city attorney, Los Angeles, 1979-85; staff attorney, Planning and Research Unit, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1977-79
Law School: UCLA School of Law, 1976
Judicate West
Career Highlights: Joined Judicate West, September 2021. Retired 2021. Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis, 2001; commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 1994-2001; commissioner, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1985-94; deputy city attorney, Los Angeles, 1979-85; staff attorney, Planning and Research Unit, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1977-79
Law School: UCLA School of Law, 1976
Judicate West
By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SANTA MONICA - Judge Norman Tarle was chatting with a contractor he hired to install hardwood floors in his home when the man glanced at a magnet stuck on the refrigerator door. It was a small photograph of Tarle on the bench when he was a commissioner.
The judge and his wife, Marci, a pediatric nurse, usually sweep the house clean of any identifying memorabilia when tradespeople are going to be there. This time, ... (continued)
