LOS ANGELES COUNTY BENCH APPOINTS NEW EXECUTIVE
OFFICER/CLERK OF COURT TO LEAD THE NATION’S
LARGEST TRIAL COURT
After a 6-month national search for a new Executive Officer/Clerk of Court/Jury Commissioner,
the judges of the Los Angeles County bench have appointed veteran court leader David Slayton
of Texas to lead the operations and manage the 4,800-member staff of the Superior Court of Los
Angeles County, Presiding Judge Eric C. Taylor announced today. Slayton will join the Court on
December 1 and will assume CEO duties when Executive Officer/Clerk of Court/Jury
Commissioner Sherri R. Carter retires at the end of December after leading the Court for nearly
a decade.
