David Ross

for Los Angeles Superior Court Judge

Jodi Link, Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

David Ross is smart, hardworking, honest and ethical. When he tells me a search by law enforcement of his client’s car, home or person is bad; it is. I trust him and know that while he zealously advocates for his clients, he does so with the utmost candor and honesty. He will make an outstanding addition to the Bench.

Hon. Tammy Chung Ryu, Judge, Los Angeles County

David Ross has an ideal judicial temperament. He is courteous, professional and gets along with everyone in the courtroom, including opposing counsel. I was most impressed with his ability to quickly grasp the essence of a complicated case and move it to a resolution favorable to his clients. He will make an excellent judge.

Years of Courtroom Experience

Judicial Endorsements

Jury Trials

Preliminary Hearings

David Ross For Superior Court Judge

A Lifetime of Public Service

After a lifetime of public service, I’m honored to announce my campaign for Superior Court Judge in Los Angeles County. For 30 years, I have served as a Deputy Public Defender in Riverside County and a Deputy Alternate Public Defender in Los Angeles County, standing beside people from all walks of life, and working daily to ensure fairness in our courts. Earlier, I spent 10 years as a television news reporter and documentary producer in Washington, D.C., Tennessee and Kansas, committed to listening carefully, getting the facts right, and explaining complex issues clearly. I also had the privilege of serving as a legislative aide for the top ranking democratic congressman from Indiana, Floyd J. Fithan, in the U.S. House of Representatives on Capitol Hill, learning how laws are made and public institutions can best serve the people. I have made public service the through-line of my career because I believe in a justice system that is grounded in respect for everyone who comes before the court. I will be a fair, independent and unbiased judge who listens to all sides.

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Endorsements

IBEW Local 47 endorses David Ross for Los Angeles Superior Court Judge
Greater Los Angeles Area Local 64 APWU endorses David Ross for Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Seat 131

Electeds/Community Supporters

Steve Cooley
Former District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Kristina Duggan
Council member District 3, City of Long Beach

Doug Haubert
City Prosecutor, Long Beach

Nithya Raman
LA City Council Member (4th District)

Zach Sokoloff
Candidate for Los Angeles City Controller

*All titles are for identification purposes only. Endorsements by individuals do not indicate support from their respective offices.

Judicial Endorsements

Hon. Osman Abbasi
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Judith Abrams (Ret.)
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Deborah Andrews (Ret.)
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Paul Bacigalupo (Ret.)
Judge, Los Angeles County;
Past President of the California Judges Association 

Hon. Abby Baron
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. George F. Bird
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. David C. Brougham
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Mike Camacho
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Amy Carter
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Tammy Chung Ryu
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Ramiro Cisneros
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Lisa Coen
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Sean Coen
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Debra Cole
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Alfred Coletta
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Patrick Connolly
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Shannon Cooley
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Jennifer Cops
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Andrea Davalos
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Laura Ellison
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Carol Elswick (Ret.)
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Gary Ferrari (Ret.)
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Kelvin Filer
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Christopher Frisco
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. George Genesta (Ret.)
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Danette Gomez
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Richard Goul
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Hector Gutierrez
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Jerome Haig
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Melissa Hammond
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Clay Jacke
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Erik Johnson
Judge, Santa Clara County

Hon. Kelly Kelley
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Mark Kim
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Lori Kornblum (Ret.)
Court of Appeals, District 2, Wisconsin

Hon. Jennifer Lee
Judge, Contra Costa County

Hon. Gibson Lee (Ret.)
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Gregory Lesser
Commissioner, Los Angeles County

Hon. John Lonergan
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Cynthia Loo (Ret.)
Commissioner, Kern County

Hon. Daniel Lowenthal
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Teresa Magno
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Philip Marshall
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Judith Meyer
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Sharon Miller (Ret.)
Commissioner, Los Angeles County

Hon. Scott Millington
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Carol Najera
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Rubiya Nur
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Lynn Olson
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Tomson Ong (Ret.)
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. James D. Otto
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Sharon Ransom
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Julian Recana
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. David K. Reinert
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Kimberly Repecka
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Gregorio Roman
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Carol Rose (Ret.)
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Alex Sario
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Peter Singer
Commissioner, San Diego County

Hon. Thomas Sokolov
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Jon Takasugi
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Gary Tanaka
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Eric C. Taylor
Los Angeles County
Former Presiding Justice, 2021-2022

Hon. Lee Tsao
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. George A. Turner Jr.
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Yvette Verastegui
Supervising Judge of the Criminal Division, Los Angeles County

Hon. Lisa Washington
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Ericka Wiley
Judge, Los Angeles County

Hon. Jacob Yim
Judge, Los Angeles County

Attorney Endorsements

Current/Former Prosecutors and District Attorneys

Amanda Adams
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Samantha Borghi
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Alex Bott
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Angie Christides
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Evelis DeGarmo
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Lauren Fields
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Drew Josfan
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Van Ha
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Alex Hogue
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Shiraz Khalid
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County / Co-President, South Asian Bar Association of Southern California Public Interest Foundation

Craig Kirkwood
Deputy County Counsel, Los Angeles County, Former Deputy Public Defender

Ian Phan
Deputy County Counsel, Los Angeles County, Former Deputy Public Defender

Amy Lederer Shapiro (Ret.)
Asst. United States Attorney

Jodi Link
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Grace Rai
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Timothy Richardson
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Craig Rouvierre
Former Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Sergei Shubin
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Peter Shutan (Ret.)
Gang Prosecutor, Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles

Oksana Sigal
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Brian Soo-Hoo
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Elicia Stoller
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Current/Former Deputy Public Defenders

Sam Abrahamian
Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Nashmiyeh Ali
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Erika Anzoategui
Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Title for Identification Purposes Only

Seymour Applebaum (Ret.)Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Sal Barajas (Ret.)
Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Anthony J. Bayne
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Kelly Buck (Ret.)
Division Chief, Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Rodney Buck
Attorney / Former Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Thomas Burns (Ret.)
Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Albert Camacho
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Anthony Cavalluzzi
Deputy Alternate Public Defender

Matt Charney
Deputy Alternate Public Defender

Jimmy Chu
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Murrey Correa
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Felipe De La Torre
Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Richard Ewell
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Juliet Fisher
Former Deputy Public Defender, Riverside County

Janice Y. Fukai (Ret.)
Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Steven Paul Giedzinski
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Mimi Golden
Head Deputy, Alternate Public Defender Office

Kevin Hawkins
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Gregg Hayata (Ret.)
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Toni Healy (Ret.)
Public Defender, Lassen County; Former Asst. Chief Public Defender, Riverside County

Cynthia Kairys
Deputy Public Defender, Napa County; Former Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Bijan Keyghobad
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Annelise Kostrencich
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County

David Kwok
Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Tommy Lee (Ret.)
Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Peter Mariluch
Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Tonya McKnight
Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Brent Montgomery (Ret.)
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Brett Rayburn
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Vanessa Rodriguez
Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Jason Sanabria
Deputy Alternate Public Defender

David Schwartz
Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Nagmeh Shariatmadar
Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Margaret J. Spencer (Ret.)
Public Defender, Riverside County

Alissa Sterling
Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Mike Suzuki
Deputy Public Defender (Ret.), Los Angeles County

Lainie Tennant
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Larry Thaxton (Ret.)
Head Deputy, Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Brian Troung
Deputy Alternate Public Defender

Brian Woo
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Mia Yamamoto
Attorney/Former Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Attorneys

Omar Abukurah
Attorney

Greg Apt
Attorney / Former Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County; Former Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

Parag Agrawal
Former Deputy District Attorney, Private Attorney

Gregory Brenner
Attorney

Matthew Bunker
Attorney

Patrick Carey
Attorney

Charlie Channel
Attorney

Mike Clark (Ret.)
Attorney

Elizabeth Clark (Ret.)
Attorney

Russell Cole
Attorney

Ludlow Creary
Attorney, President Langston Bar Association

Steven Dawson
Attorney

Charles Frisco
Attorney

R.J. Dreiling
Attorney / Former Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Robert Ernenwein
Attorney

Jack Fuller
Attorney

Anthony Garcia
Attorney

Marc Gibbons
Attorney

Kevin Greber
Attorney

Robert Haberer
Attorney

Damon Hobdy
Attorney

Luke Howitt
Attorney

Bruce Karey
Attorney

John Lee
Attorney

Bruce MacGregor
Attorney

Gary Maestas
Attorney

Michelle Mathes
Attorney

Allyson Ostrowski
Attorney

Carley Palmer
Attorney / Former Asst. United States Attorney

Stanley Perlo
Attorney

Stephen Peacock
Attorney

Richard Poland
Attorney

Decio Rangel
Attorney

Juliette Robinson
Attorney

John Rogers
Attorney

Lawrence E. Rosenthal
Attorney/Law Professor/Former Asst. United States Attorney

Rob Von Esch
Attorney

Henry Salcido
Attorney

John Schwimmer
Attorney

Robert Shapiro
Attorney

Andrew Stein
Attorney

Dennis Stubblefield (Ret.)
Attorney

Sam Tyre
Attorney

Heather Weakley (Ret.)
Attorney

David Zygielbaum
Attorney/Former District Attorney, Los Angeles County

Testimonials

I’m proud to endorse David Ross because he has the right experience and knowledge to be a fair and effective judge

Doug Haubert,
Long Beach City Prosecutor

David Ross was hired as a Deputy Grade II attorney and rose through the ranks to Senior Trial Deputy Grade IV, handling our most serious and complex cases. He is smart, dedicated, hardworking and mature. I enthusiastically support his election be a Superior Court Judge.

Kelly Buck (Ret.)
Division Chief, Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

David Ross made my life as a judge easier as a result of his written and oral skills, combined with his knowledge of the law and trial procedure. I saw first-hand how honest and professional he was with the DA, my court staff, and with his clients. I do not take these recommendations lightly, and I can without hesitation say he is just kind of judicial candidate we need on the Bench.

Hon. Gary Ferrari (Ret.)
Judge, Los Angeles County

When I was a deputy district attorney in Los Angeles County, I loved having David as opposing counsel because he made me work harder, did not make cases personal, and I learned so much from him. He is hard working, even-tempered, smart, and has unimpeachable ethics. I wholeheartedly and unequivocally endorse David to be a judge.

Hon. Jennifer Lee
Judge, Contra Costa County

I have known David Ross for over 50 years. We went into the same profession, but on opposing sides, and that never interfered with our friendship. I believe David to be a bright, ethical and insightful attorney and I know he will bring all those qualities to the bench.

Peter Shutan (Ret.)
Gang Prosecutor, Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles

 

David Ross is smart, hardworking, honest and ethical. When he tells me a search by law enforcement of his client’s car, home or person is bad; it is. I trust him and know that while he zealously advocates for his clients, he does so with the utmost candor and honesty. He will make an outstanding addition to the Bench.

Jodi Link
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

I am pleased to endorse David Ross for Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge. Although we have stood on opposite sides of the courtroom in criminal trials, my experience with him only deepened my respect for his integrity, preparation, and commitment to justice. David is truly a class act and will make a great judge.

Craig Rouvierre
Former Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County

David Ross has an ideal judicial temperament. I was most impressed with his ability to quickly grasp the essence of a complicated case and move it to a resolution favorable to his clients. He will make an excellent judge.

Hon. Tammy Chung Ryu
Judge, Los Angeles County

Under my tenure, David completed 77 jury trials. He has civil experience as a solo practitioner, was an Adjunct Professor for Western State University School of Law, and been a Judge Pro Tem for Los Angeles County. I enthusiastically support David to become a Superior Court Judge.

Janice Y. Fukai (Ret.)
Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County

I first met David Ross in 1995, when we worked as Deputy Public Defenders in Riverside County. David has always been intelligent, curious, hard-working, compassionate, and a strong advocate for our clients while maintaining a high level of professionalism, ethics, and courtesy. I am proud to endorse him serve Los Angeles County admirably as a judge.

Juliet Fisher,
Former Deputy Public Defender, Riverside County