Career Highlights: Appointed a commissioner by Los Angeles County Superior Court judges, 2018; adjunct professor, Pepperdine University School of Law, 2010-present; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, Sylmar, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, 1990-2019; talent agent trainee, International Creative Management, 1988-90;, senior research assistant, Alameda County, 1987-88; clerk, environmental division, California Department of Justice, 1987
Law School: Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA
MONTEREY PARK -- On an October afternoon in the Edmund D. Edelman Children's Courthouse, Commissioner Lisa Anne Brackelmanns presided over a 37-page juvenile dependency calendar consisting of 81 cases.
When she was appointed to the bench last year, Brackelmanns was not sure how she would make it through such a hectic calendar. She was in awe of how bench officers were able to interact with five or six lawyers per case whi... (continued)