Crossover Appeal

If a prosecutor and public defender made a judge, you would get Laurie M. Earl, whose experience yields respect to attorneys on both sides of her Sacramento courtroom.

Laurie M. Earl

Sacramento County Superior Court

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

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By Donna Domino
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SACRAMENTO - The young man, a welder, had pleaded no contest to selling pot and possessing a weapon in the home he shared with his girlfriend and their four young children. The young mother faced child neglect charges for exposing the kids to drugs and guns.
      Although Sacramento Superior Court Judge Laurie M. Earl wanted the two to underst... (continued)