Sep. 5, 2016

Laurie Earl

Sacramento County Judge Laurie Earl runs her courtroom with a firm but gentle hand.

Laurie M. Earl

Sacramento County (Sacramento)

Career Highlights: Appointed presiding justice, 3rd District Court of Appeal, 2023-present, associate justice, 2022-23; appointed judge, Sacramento County Superior Court, 2005-2021, presiding judge 2012-13; senior assistant inspector general, Sacramento County Office of the Inspector General, 2004-5; deputy district attorney, Sacramento County, 1995-2004; assistant public defender, Sacramento County, 1989-95.

Law School: Lincoln Law School, Sacramento, 1988

By Malcolm Maclachlan
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO — When juvenile dependency litigants step in front of Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Laurie Earl, they may not realize they're making their case to someone who spent much of her career overseeing murder trials.

But prosecutors and child advocacy attorneys both describe a compassionate, detail-oriented judge. Sacramento County As... (continued)

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