Los Angeles County (Stanley Mosk Courthouse)
Career Highlights: Confirmed as presiding justice, May 2022, appointed to the Court of Appeal by Gov. Jerry Brown in July 2018. Served on the Los Angeles County Superior Court 2006-2018. Clerked for Judge Harry Pregerson, then of the Central District of California, from 1979 to 1981. She went on to spend a decade at two firms before serving as the Federal Defender for the Central District from 1993 to 2006.
Career Highlights: Confirmed as presiding justice, May 2022, appointed to the Court of Appeal by Gov. Jerry Brown in July 2018. Served on the Los Angeles County Superior Court 2006-2018. Clerked for Judge Harry Pregerson, then of the Central District of California, from 1979 to 1981. She went on to spend a decade at two firms before serving as the Federal Defender for the Central District from 1993 to 2006.
By Henry Meier
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Tucked away on shelves in Judge Maria E. Stratton's chambers, with sundry family photos and an array of awards, are several small, colorful paintings and collages.
"That's death row art!" Stratton exclaimed recently, when asked about a painting featuring a kaleidoscopic buffalo. "It's made of toilet paper."
The pieces are totems to Stratton's days as the f... (continued)
