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Nov. 20, 2011

Yvette M. Palazuelos

Judge Yvette M. Palazuelos is a trial court workhorse and leads her court on lunch jogs.

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Yvette M. Palazuelos

Yvette M. Palazuelos

Los Angeles County (Stanley Mosk)

Career Highlights: Joined Judicate West, May 2024; appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis, 2000; Assistant US Attorney, Central District of California

Law School: Columbia University Law School

Judicate West
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By Erica E. Phillips
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Superior Court Judge Yvette M. Palazuelos is constantly in trial.

When she moved from Department 73 to Department 28 at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse three years ago, she faced a massive backlog of cases, and she hit the ground running.

"There was literally dust on the bench," Palazuelos recalled. "I spent that whole first year cleaning up the calendar. It was difficult, but I di... (continued)

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