Wednesday, September 11, 2019
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Georgina T. Rizk Slates Sept. 30 Retirement From Los Angeles Superior Court
By a MetNews Staff Writer
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GEORGINA T. RIZK Superior Court Judge |
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Georgina Torres Rizk is retiring from the bench on Sept. 30 after 12 years of service.
Rizk was appointed by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Aug. 20, 2007. She was, at the time, 57, an administrative law judge for the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, a post she had held since 1988.
Her law degree is from UCLA. She began her legal career as a staff attorney for the Center for Law and Justice, from 1975-77, was a deputy federal public defender from 1978-80, and was sole practitioner from 1983-87, handling state and federal criminal defense work.
Rizk, 69, is married to artist Ronald C. Rizk, a professor of fine arts in painting and drawing at the University of Southern California’s Roski School of Fine Arts.
The judge was unavailable for comment on her plans.
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