About

Judge Elizabeth G. Macias  is a Judge of the Superior Court of Orange County. She is a first generation Mexican-American and currently serves as chair of the Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness' ad hoc racial justice working group. She is the first in her family to obtain a high school diploma. Through example, her parents instilled in her the importance of a strong work ethic. Before being appointed to the bench by Governor J. Edmund Brown Jr. in December 2012, she was a Deputy Federal Public Defender with the Central District of California. Judge Macias graduated from California Western School of Law in 1999, and is a 1995 Cal State Fullerton graduate with bachelors degrees in Psychology and Chicano Studies and a minor in Spanish. 

Judge Kevin C. Brazile was appointed to the bench by Governor Gray Davis in 2002. He served as former presiding judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County for a two-year term beginning January 2019. He currently serves as cochair of the Judicial Council’s Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness. He also served as a member of the Judicial Council’s Civil and Smalls Claims Advisory Committee. In addition, Judge Brazile has served on the California Judges Association (CJA) Executive Board, including one year as vice-president of CJA. 

Morgan Baxter joined the San Bernardino Superior Court in April, 2020, as Managing Attorney for Self-Help Services. She currently serves as Deputy Court Executive Officer of Operations for the same court, after also serving as Managing Attorney for the Probate Division. Prior to joining the court, Morgan practiced law for ten years—working in a broad range of areas, including immigration, family law, and estate planning. She graduated from CSU Fresno with a degree in Victimology and with a Juris Doctorate from Chapman University School of Law in 2010.

 Commissioner of the Superior Court of California, County of Kern. 

Judge Martin was appointed to the office of Superior Court Judge by former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on December 3, 2010. From May 2006 until her appointment, Judge Martin served as a Superior Court Commissioner. Over the course of the over 17 years that Judge Martin has served as a judicial officer, she has been assigned to hear traffic, small claims, misdemeanor calendar, felony calendar, civil law & motion, limited and unlimited criminal trial, and limited and unlimited civil trial matters. Judge Martin is assigned to a civil independent calendar court at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles. To date, Judge Martin has presided over more than one hundred fifty jury trials.

Judge Martin serves on the Los Angeles Superior Court's Anti-Bias and Court Security Committees. She chairs the Judicial Education Seminar Crossover Education Subcommittee. She is a member of the Advisory Committee to the Judicial Council on Providing Access and Fairness (“PAF”). Additionally, Judge Martin participates in the Los Angeles Superior Court Teen Court Program at the Anahuacalmecac International University Preparatory School in Los Angeles, California.

Julie Paik has practiced family law for over 25 years.  She started her career as a legal aid attorney primarily focusing on domestic violence issues.  She subsequently became the first Family Law Facilitator for the Los Angeles Superior Court and then worked in executive roles in the Department of Child Support Services for Los Angeles, Sonoma and San Luis Obispo Counties.  She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from UC Irvine in 1987 and with a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center in 1990.

Judge Terry T. Truong was appointed to the bench by Governor Gavin Newsom on December 23, 2022. Prior to her appointment, she served as a commissioner and referee with the same court. Aside from being a member of the Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness, Judge Truong is co-chair of the California Judges Association Elimination of Bias and Inequality in the Justice System Committee and a member of the Judicial Council CJER Juvenile Law Curriculum Committee. Judge Truong is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law and of the University of California, Irvine with a bachelor’s degree in social ecology.

Judge Laura Walton was appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court by former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on April 8, 2010.  Judge Walton currently presides over a long cause complex felony trial court at the Compton Courthouse.  Aside from being a member of the Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness, Judge Walton serves on the California Judges Association Elimination of Bias and Inequality in the Justice System Committee.  For the Los Angeles Superior Court, she is the co-chair of the Los Angeles Judicial Mentor Program, serves on the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Anti-Bias Committee, and the Los Angeles Superior Court Judicial Education Committee.  Also, Judge Walton is the past President of the Association of African American California Judicial Officers (2019-2021).

Prior to her judicial appointment, Judge Walton was a Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney for fourteen years. She received a B.A. degree from University of California, Berkeley and her J.D. degree from University of California, Berkeley.               

Twila S. White has been handling labor and employment cases for over two decades.  She is actively involved in various committees and professional bar associations including serving on the Board of Governors of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Consumer Attorneys of California, and Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles. Ms. White has been a member of the Judicial Council's Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness since 2018.