Los Angeles County (Compton)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2010; deputy attorney general, California Department of Justice, 2000-10; sole practitioner, 1992-2000; associate, Albright & Singleton, 1992; law clerk, Los Angeles city attorney's office, 1989-92; paralegal, Judge Advocate General, U.S. Air Force Reserves, 1985-91 Law School: Whittier School of Law, 1991
Law School: Whittier Law School
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2010; deputy attorney general, California Department of Justice, 2000-10; sole practitioner, 1992-2000; associate, Albright & Singleton, 1992; law clerk, Los Angeles city attorney's office, 1989-92; paralegal, Judge Advocate General, U.S. Air Force Reserves, 1985-91 Law School: Whittier School of Law, 1991
Law School: Whittier Law School
By Emma Gallegos
Daily Journal Staff Writer
COMPTON - Judge Karen Ackerson-Brazille was raised near the courthouse in Compton where she now presides over drug, felony, and misdemeanor cases. But she wasn't always on the right side of the law.
"I grew up all around here stealing, lying and cheating," Ackerson-Brazille said, "and that's why this is so comical to me to look back and say, 'Oh my God.'
"Of course, I... (continued)
