Los Angeles County Superior Court (Pasadena)
Career Highlights: Sworn in as a Los Angeles county Superior court judge, Jan. 2, 1989, retired January 2025; elected June 1988; judge, Municipal Court for the Los Angeles Judicial District, 1982-89; assistant legal director, staff attorney, ACLU, 1977-82; staff attorney, Greater Watts Justice Center, 1973-77; directing attorney, staff attorney, Reginald Heber community law fellow, Legal Aid Foundation of Long Beach, 1970-73; intern, U.S. State Department legal adviser's office, 1969
Law School: Columbia Law School
Career Highlights: Sworn in as a Los Angeles county Superior court judge, Jan. 2, 1989, retired January 2025; elected June 1988; judge, Municipal Court for the Los Angeles Judicial District, 1982-89; assistant legal director, staff attorney, ACLU, 1977-82; staff attorney, Greater Watts Justice Center, 1973-77; directing attorney, staff attorney, Reginald Heber community law fellow, Legal Aid Foundation of Long Beach, 1970-73; intern, U.S. State Department legal adviser's office, 1969
Law School: Columbia Law School
By Andrew McIntyre
Daily Journal Staff Writer
PASADENA - Later this year, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Terry L. Smerling celebrates 30 years on the bench, the last decade of which he spent helping countless individuals get treatment in cases involving drugs.
From the fifth floor of the Pasadena courthouse, Smerling spends most of his time working in the court's early disposition program trying to help the government and defense attorneys r... (continued)
