
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis, 2001; assistant U.S. attorney, Los Angeles, 1991-01; assistant state attorney general, Los Angeles, 1979-91.
Law School: Loyola Law School, 1979
Los Angeles County Superior Court
LOS ANGELES — It may be a somewhat divisive approach among lawyers, but Judge Lisa Lench has her reasons for paneling an entire jury pool at once ahead of complex and lengthy criminal trials.
“I know some lawyers don’t like that, but it seems to me that it makes jury selection go a lot more efficiently,” she explained.
Assigned to the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, Lenc... (continued)