
Career Highlights: Appointed judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, June 2012; attorney, Law Offices of Jacke & Jacke, Los Angeles, 1983-2012
Law School: Southwestern Law School
By Blake Edwards
Daily Journal Staff Writer
COMPTON - As a young attorney straight out of Southwestern Law School, Superior Court Judge H. Clay Jacke II went to work for his father, a legendary criminal defense attorney.
"His dad was one of the most prominent black lawyers in Los Angeles," said Robin J. Yanes, a longtime attorney who remembers running into Jacke's father in the courthouse in Compton.
"Back in the days of unlimi... (continued)