Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)
Career Highlights: Nominated to serve as Associate Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division Four, by Gov. Gavin Newsom, February 2023, and confirmed April 2023; appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Feb. 27, 2018; managing partner, Perkins Coie LLP, Los Angeles, 2005-18; partner, Piper Rudnick LLP (now DLA Piper), Los Angeles, 2002-04; partner, associate, Preston, Gates & Ellis LLP (now K&L Gates LLP), Los Angeles, 1998-2002; associate, Andrews & Kurth, LLP (now Hunter Andrews Kurth LLP), Los Angeles, 1996-98; clerk to Judge Richard Goldberg, U.S. Court of International Trade, 1994-96; associate, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, Los Angeles, 1992-94.
Law School: Cornell Law School, 1992
Career Highlights: Nominated to serve as Associate Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division Four, by Gov. Gavin Newsom, February 2023, and confirmed April 2023; appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Feb. 27, 2018; managing partner, Perkins Coie LLP, Los Angeles, 2005-18; partner, Piper Rudnick LLP (now DLA Piper), Los Angeles, 2002-04; partner, associate, Preston, Gates & Ellis LLP (now K&L Gates LLP), Los Angeles, 1998-2002; associate, Andrews & Kurth, LLP (now Hunter Andrews Kurth LLP), Los Angeles, 1996-98; clerk to Judge Richard Goldberg, U.S. Court of International Trade, 1994-96; associate, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, Los Angeles, 1992-94.
Law School: Cornell Law School, 1992
LOS ANGELES — Judge Audra Mori’s parents were interned during World War II, but it took her a little while to figure out what they went through.
“Japanese Americans don’t really talk about it that much,” Mori said.
Growing up, she stitched anecdotes together, stories with settings that weren’t in line with life in Southern California, where her parents were raised.
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