Governor Newsom Appoints David Wasserman as Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge
Posted by Federal Public Defender CDCA on May 19, 2023 in Press & Internal News
Supervising Deputy Federal Public Defender David Wasserman
Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the appointment of David Wasserman, a Supervising Deputy Federal Public Defender with the Federal Public Defender, Central District of California, as Los Angeles County Superior Court judge.
David Wasserman, of Los Angeles County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Wasserman has served as a Supervising Deputy Federal Public Defender at the Office of the Federal Public Defender, Central District of California since 2018, where he was a Deputy Federal Public Defender from 2012 to 2018. He served as an Attorney at the San Bernardino County Public Defender’s Office from 2011 to 2012 and was a Law Clerk there from 2010 to 2011. Wasserman earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Jesus Rodriguez. Wasserman is a Democrat.
Read the official announcement from the California Governor’s office here.
Judge Wasserman joins an impressive list of former FPD-CDCA alumni who have become judges, including:
| Rudolph Diaz | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Michael L. Stern | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Drew E. Edwards | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Teresa Sanchez-Gordin | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Maria E. Stratton | Presiding Justice, California Court of Appeal |
| Dennis J. Landin | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| John P. Martin | Administrative Law Judge |
| Denise Meyer | Administrative Law Judge |
| Olivia W. Karlin | Administrative Law Judge |
| Jesus G. Bernal | United States District Judge |
| Paul L. Abrams | United States Magistrate Judge |
| Stephen J. Hillman | United States Magistrate Judge |
| Brian Q. Robbins | United States Magistrate Judge |
| Victor B. Kenton | United States Magistrate Judge |
| Oswaldo Parada | United States Magistrate Judge |
| K. Kiya Kato | United States District Judge |
| Alicia Y. Blanco | Los Angeles County Commissioner |
| Steve Cochran | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Michael D. Abzug | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Georgina Rizk | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| James R. Dunn | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Michael Garcia | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Kerry Bensinger | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Yolanda Orozco | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Elizabeth Macias | Orange County Superior Court Judge |
| Firdaus Dordi | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Ashfaq (Ron) Chowdhury | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Stephanie Thornton-Harris | San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge |
| Christopher Dybwad | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Emily Garcia Uhrig | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Mary E. Kelly | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Anne Hwang | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Pedro Castillo | United States Magistrate Judge |
| Alicia Y. Blanco | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Ronald O. Kaye | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Margo Rocconi | United States Magistrate Judge |
| Patricia A. Young | Los Angeles Superior Court Judge |
| Gia Kim | Los Angeles Superior Court Judge |
| Brianna Fuller Mircheff | United States Magistrate Judge |
| David Wasserman | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Gary Rowe | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |
| Michael Weinstein | Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge |