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![Yvette Verastegui](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Judge-Verastegui-web_a0cb8a4fc850d261b572ff868ea09182.jpg)

# Yvette Verastegui

Hon. Yvette Verastegui is the Supervising Judge of the Criminal Division for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Prior to Judge Verastegui’s appointment by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2010, she was a Deputy Alternate Public Defender with the Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defender’s Office. Previously, she was a Deputy Public Defender with the Orange County Public Defender’s Office and the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office. Judge Verastegui earned her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Irvine.

### Articles written by this author:

[![Presiding Judge Sergio C. Tapia II](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/tapia-sergio-II_3c123738690aa591015af3f1675f5c4c.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-february/presiding-judge-sergio-c-tapia-ii "Presiding Judge Sergio C. Tapia II")

## [Presiding Judge Sergio C. Tapia II](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-february/presiding-judge-sergio-c-tapia-ii "Presiding Judge Sergio C. Tapia II")

The new presiding judge’s vision for LA County’s civil and criminal courts

[Lawrence P. Riff](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/lawrence-p-riff "Lawrence P. Riff")
[Yvette Verastegui](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/yvette-verastegui "Yvette Verastegui")

[2025 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-february)