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. See Former FPD-CDCA Attorneys Appointed to State and Federal Benches.