Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)
Career Highlights: Elected Supervising judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2018; assistant supervising judges, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2016-18 appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. George Duekmejian, 1988; Los Angeles County district attorney's office, 1994-88; Los Angeles city attorney's office, 1991-94; Jones, Day Reavis & Pogue, 1990-91.
Law School: Loyola Law School, 1989
Career Highlights: Elected Supervising judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2018; assistant supervising judges, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2016-18 appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. George Duekmejian, 1988; Los Angeles County district attorney's office, 1994-88; Los Angeles city attorney's office, 1991-94; Jones, Day Reavis & Pogue, 1990-91.
Law School: Loyola Law School, 1989
LOS ANGELES — The past five years has seen a sea change in the state’s approach to criminal justice, and there may be no one who’s seen how it’s been applied on such a large scale than Judge Sam Ohta, who supervises the Los Angeles County Superior Court’s criminal division.
Ohta recently completed his first year as the county’s presiding criminal judge following two years as assistant presiding judge. He’s responsible for... (continued)
