Judge of the Superior Court, Office No. 131
What does this office do?
- Deciding trials in the county
- Ruling on evidence and setting sentences in criminal cases
- Deciding family, probate, and civil disputes
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Housing Affordability,
Candidates:
Nonpartisan
David Ross is a Grade IV deputy alternate public defender in Los Angeles County with a 30-year indigent-defense career: more than 10,000 clients, 113 jury trials, and over 2,000 preliminary hearings. He also teaches as an adjunct professor and earlier worked as a television news reporter.
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Nonpartisan
Donna Tryfman is a Los Angeles County deputy public defender in the office's Major Cases Unit with about three decades in public defense. She led the California Public Defenders Association from 2015 to 2020 and won the 2025 Gideon Award as felony attorney of the year.
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Sources: results.lavote.gov · laist.com