By Daily Press staff
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced this month that he has appointed a Santa Monican to serve as a judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Lawrence Cho, 42, of Santa Monica, has served as an assistant United States attorney since 1990. He has most recently served as deputy chief of the Department of Justice’s Counterterrorism Section in Washington, D.C., and is the former chief of the Terrorism and Organized Crime Section for the United States Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. Cho practiced civil litigation with the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore from 1988 to 1990 and was a law clerk for Chief Judge Manual Real of the United States District Court, Central District of California, from 1987 to 1988. He was also an adjunct professor for trial advocacy at Loyola Law School from 1997 to 2003. Cho earned his Juris Doctorate from Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, and bachelor’s degree from Rutgers College. He fills the vacancy created by the passing of Judge Alan Buckner. Cho’s political affiliation is registered as decline-to-state.
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Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 20, 2005. Read the original PDF.