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Originally known as the Criminal Courts Building, [4] in 2002 it was renamed the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, after Clara S. Foltz, the first female lawyer on the West Coast of the United States (and also the first person to propose the creation of a public defender's office).
Foltz wanted to take the bar examination but California law at the time allowed only white males to become members of the bar. Foltz authored a state bill, known as the "Woman Lawyer Bill," which replaced "white male" with "person," and in September 1878 she passed the examination and was the first woman admitted to the California bar, and the first female lawyer on the entire west coast of ...
Finally on January 22, 2000, in accordance with Proposition 220 passed in 1998, the Judges of the Municipal and Superior Courts voted to merge into the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. [2] In 2000, a pilot Complex Civil Litigation Program was established in the Los Angeles Superior Court, [3] which has since been made ...
In November, during a preliminary hearing that included testimony and surveillance video evidence, a Los Angeles judge ruled there was enough evidence for the Puma creative director to stand trial ...
The United States Courthouse at 350 W.First Street in the Civic Center district of downtown Los Angeles opened in October 2016. [1] The building, which houses federal courts and federal law-enforcement departments, is sometimes called the First Street Courthouse.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors appointed the first Public Defender in the United States, Walton J. Wood. [1] The original staff consisted of Wood, four deputies and a secretary. [4] In June 1915, the Los Angeles City Council created the City Police Court Defender and appointed James H. Pope to handle the defense in misdemeanor ...
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon points a finger as he speaks during a news conference to announce a decision in the case of brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez, who have spent 34 ...
Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón's reform-minded outlook on juvenile justice seemed made for someone like Denmonne Lee. When he was 16, Lee took part in an Antelope Valley gas station ...