About Brenda J. Penny
Brenda J. Penny was a lawyer and judge.
Brenda J. Penny is an American judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court. She was appointed in 2018 by then California Governor Jerry Brown and is best known for her role in overseeing Britney Spears's conservatorship dispute.
Education and early career Penny obtained a B.A. from the University of Southern California and a J.D. from the University of West Los Angeles School of Law.
After graduating from law school, she started working at Pasadena law firm Gronemeier and Barker in 1982 as an associate and was named partner in 1989. In 1994, she left the firm to be a sole practitioner until 1997.
Britney Spears conservatorship On July 14, 2021, Judge Penny ruled that Spears could hire her own lawyer, approving Mathew Rosengart, a former federal prosecutor who is repeatedly featured on The Hollywood Reporter's "power lawyer" list, to represent her.
On November 12, 2021, Judge Penny terminated the conservatorship.
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