Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, June1, 2018; chief deputy, federal public defender, federal public defender's office, Los Angeles, 2005-18; associate, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, 2001-03, 2004-05; clerk for Judge Richard Paez, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Pasadena, 2003-04
Law School: Harvard Law School, 2001
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, June1, 2018; chief deputy, federal public defender, federal public defender's office, Los Angeles, 2005-18; associate, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, 2001-03, 2004-05; clerk for Judge Richard Paez, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Pasadena, 2003-04
Law School: Harvard Law School, 2001
LOS ANGELES — Judge Christopher Dybwad likes to explain his transition from federal courts to state superior court using linguistics.
“It’s like you know Spanish, and you’re now in a place where everyone speaks Portuguese,” he joked. “Some of the concepts are the same, but the words are different, and it’s a different language.”
The former federal public defender said his courtroom envir... (continued)
