Justice Carlos Moreno Talks Dissents and Diversity on the Bench
Carlos Moreno has held many titles city attorney; municipal, superior, and district court judge; and today, Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court. But foremost, he is an Angeleno. As University of California, Irvine law professor Henry Weinstein said to the packed audience at the California Endowment, Moreno grew up near downtown Los Angeles, the son of Mexican immigrants, attended its public schools and, between and after stints at Yale and Stanford, always returned to his home city. “He is clearly a man who feels very rooted in Los …
