Los Angeles County (Metropolitan Courthouse)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the 2nd District of Appeal, Division 5, by Gov. Jerry Brown, July 24, 2018; Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2014-18; assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Los Angeles, 2001-14; Irell & Manella LLP, 2000-01, law clerk for 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Norman H. Stahl, 1998
Law School: Columbia University School of Law
Career Highlights: Appointed to the 2nd District of Appeal, Division 5, by Gov. Jerry Brown, July 24, 2018; Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2014-18; assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Los Angeles, 2001-14; Irell & Manella LLP, 2000-01, law clerk for 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Norman H. Stahl, 1998
Law School: Columbia University School of Law
By Henry Meier
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - The trip from the U.S. District Court on Spring Street to the Superior Court's Metropolitan Courthouse on Hill Street takes only a handful of minutes.
But for Judge Dorothy C. Kim, a former federal prosecutor who now presides over a criminal misdemeanor trial calendar at the latter location, the metaphorical distance between the two courthouses seems a bit further apart.
"The pace i... (continued)
