Grace A. Kim

Grace A. Kim was appointed to serve as a Judge in the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Governor Gavin Newsom in March 2024. Prior to her appointment, she served as a Commissioner at the same court starting in 2022. Her previous experience includes serving as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Dolly M. Gee at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California from 2020 to 2022, and as a Senior Trial Attorney and Trial Attorney at the U.S. Department of Labor from 2009 to 2020. She also held several other clerkships, including for the Honorable Arthur L. Alarcón at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2008-2009), the Honorable Gary Allen Feess at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (2007-2008), and the Honorable Carolyn B. Kuhl at the Los Angeles County Superior Court (2006-2007). Kim earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.