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Feb. 11, 2011

Sally Meloch

After a long career as a federal prosecutor, rising to hold several supervisory roles, Sally Meloch made the switch to state-court judge. She said it was like a 'foreign country' at first but now she's adjusted to the different rules and customs.

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By Brandon Ortiz

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - In her 20-year career as an assistant U.S. attorney, Sally Meloch prosecuted just about every crime the office enforces.

She tried her first case against a postal worker accused of stealing mail - "not the most exciting case," she said - and went on to prosecute drug dealers, bank robbers, crooked cops, murder-for-hire plotters, human traffickers, pedophiles, prison murderers, rogue moto... (continued)

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