Los Angeles County (Lancaster)
Career Highlights: Elevated to Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, March 30, 2023; commissioner, 2019-23; senior associate, Law Offices of Vincent W. Davis & Associates, Arcadia, 2013-19; referee, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 1997-2013; independent appellate counsel, California Appellate Project, Los Angeles, San Diego, 1993-2003; managing partner, Davis & Davis, Los Angeles, 1989-97; staff attorney. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1986-88
Law School: Loyola Law School, 1986
Career Highlights: Elevated to Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, March 30, 2023; commissioner, 2019-23; senior associate, Law Offices of Vincent W. Davis & Associates, Arcadia, 2013-19; referee, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 1997-2013; independent appellate counsel, California Appellate Project, Los Angeles, San Diego, 1993-2003; managing partner, Davis & Davis, Los Angeles, 1989-97; staff attorney. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1986-88
Law School: Loyola Law School, 1986
LANCASTER — Commissioner Stephanie M. Davis was practicing dependency law long before the Edmund D. Edelman Children’s Court was constructed in 1992 to centralize most dependency cases in Los Angeles County.
“So when they built Edelman to center everything, it was too difficult for the families to travel, that’s why they kept this one open,” Davis said of her dependency courtroom at the Alfred J. McCourtney Juvenile Justi... (continued)
