
Career Highlights: Retired June 2020. Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis, 2001; sole practitioner, Santa Monica, 1996-2001; partner, Henry & Tenner, Los Angeles, 1992-96; partner, Rosner, Owens, Nunziato & Henry, Los Angeles, 1985-92; senior counsel, Toyota Motor Sales, 1979-85; assistant attorney general, Ohio, 1972-74
Law School: Ohio State University College of Law, 1972
By Emma Gallegos
Daily Journal Staff Writer
MONTEREY PARK - Margaret S. Henry, a career civil litigator, never expected to preside over a dependency courtroom when she took the bench nine years ago.
On the fifth floor of the Edmund D. Edelman Children's Court, Henry's bench is lower to the ground than other courts, and its edges are rounded - a symbol, Henry says, that the work in her courtroom should be more collaborative than adversarial.
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