Shellie Samuels Email & Phone Number

As a judge with Los Angeles Superior Court, Shellie Samuels draws on 30 years of experience in the legal profession. She graduated from Loyola Law School in the top 15 percent of her class and immediately secured a position with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, where she served for 25 years as a prosecutor. During this time, Shellie Samuels prosecuted a number of high-profile cases, including more than 50 murders.Shellie Samuels performed as the prosecutor in the murder of Christopher Rawlings, which received extensive media coverage. She has also garnered feature mentions in such high-profile publications as Vanity Fair and the Los Angeles Times, the latter of which reported her naming as Los Angeles County Prosecutor of the Year in 1993.In her current role on the bench, Ms. Samuels focuses primarily on misdemeanor criminal cases, of which she hears between 35 and 50 each day. She has held the seat since 2010.