Judge Peter A. Hernandez received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and his J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. After passing the California bar in 1995, he became a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice in the Civil Rights Division until 1998. Then, from 1998-1999, he worked as a litigation associate at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP at which point he became an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California. In 2012, he was appointed to the bench by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. He is a democrat.
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Los Angeles Superior Court - Courtroom Rules
The Robing Room - Hon. Peter A. Hernandez
Peter A. Hernandez - Ballotpedia
Governor Brown Appoints Eight to Los Angeles County Superior Court
Brown Names Eight to Local Bench, Including First Muslim - Metropolitan News-Enterprise