Los Angeles County (Burbank)
Career Highlights: Retired November 2018. Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2008; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, 1995-08; sole practitioner, Beverly Hills, 1994-95
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center, 1991
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Career Highlights: Retired November 2018. Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2008; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, 1995-08; sole practitioner, Beverly Hills, 1994-95
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center, 1991
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BURBANK — What began as a trip to Judge Benny Osorio’s native country of Colombia ended up as a weeklong kidnapping nightmare.
While in Cartagena for a bar association event in 2016, the judge was abducted, held for ransom, and then rescued by Colombian special forces.
“I thought I was going to die every day,” Osorio said. “After a while, you just use your instinct to survive.”
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