Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently announced the appointments of Michael D. Abzug, Teresa A. Beaudet, David C. Brougham, Debra Cole-Hall, James K. Hahn, Karla D. Kerlin, Bernie C. LaForteza, Ricardo R. Ocampo, Benny C. Osorio, Amy M. Pellman, Ronald H. Rose, Ray A. Santana, R. Carlton Seaver, B. Scott Silverman, Jon R. Takasugi, Robert C. Vanderet and Mark A. Young to judgeships in the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Cole-Hall, 46, is a Long Beach native. She has served as a deputy district attorney with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office since 1988. She earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, San Diego. Cole-Hall fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Francis J. Hourigan. Cole-Hall is a Democrat.
