
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.
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