
Career Highlights: Elected to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2008; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, 1995-09.
Law School: Pepperdine University School of Law, 1995
Los Angeles County Superior Court
VAN NUYS — Judge Michael Jesic said he’d settle every criminal case if he could, not just to save jurors’ time, but to prevent the victims of horrible crimes from reliving their trauma on the stand.
He mentioned as an example a child molestation victim — now an adult raising a child of her own — who told the judge why she came forward after so many years.
“She said, ‘I had a baby, and I... (continued)