David Dejute

Candidate for Superior Court Judge, Los Angeles County, Office No. 87

David DeJute is a candidate for Judge. The court is the Los Angeles County Superior Court. The office is No. 87. He is running in the 2026 election. The race is nonpartisan. DeJute is not the incumbent. [T3, https://www.dejuteforjudge.com/] According to his campaign website, DeJute has more than 30 years of legal experience. His campaign biography says he once served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. It says he once represented then-Senator Barack Obama. That was in a legal role. Obama later became President. It says he taught as a law professor. The campaign calls the school "a leading law school." It says he directed a legal clinic. That clinic helped disaster victims. It says he oversaw litigation for Sony Pictures. It also says he ran a private trial practice. He ran it for more than 30 years. [T3, https://www.dejuteforjudge.com/] A CityWatch LA article is linked on the campaign's website. Its title is "DeJute Advances Hopes to Continue Family Legacy on the Bench." This title suggests a family tie to the judiciary. Wonkipedia could not access that article. It also could not check the content. So this detail is unconfirmed. [T3, referenced via https://www.dejuteforjudge.com/ — unresolved: the original CityWatch LA article could not be retrieved to confirm details] DeJute's campaign uses the slogan "Your Rights. Our Justice." His stated platform stresses "fairness, reason, and respect." It also uses the message that "justice belongs to everyone." [T3, https://www.dejuteforjudge.com/] His campaign committee is registered with a state agency. That agency is the California Fair Political Practices Commission. Its FPPC ID is 1482039. [T3, https://www.dejuteforjudge.com/] Wonkipedia did not verify DeJute's State Bar of California license status. It also did not verify his admission date. It did not verify his disciplinary record. It did not verify any bar rating for him. See "the record" fields below for what remains unresolved.

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