Friday, December 30, 2022
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2022 IN REVIEW
END OF THE YEAR:
Guerrero to Become Chief Justice…Girardi Is Disbarred…Arguellas, Woods Die
Deaths
Retired California Supreme Court Justice John A. Arguelles.
Curt Livesay, chief deputy under District Attorneys John Van de Kamp and Steve Cooley.
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Luros.
2001 State Bar President Karen Nobumoto.
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Alan S. Rosenfield.
Retired Court of Appeal Presiding Justice Arleigh Maddox Woods.
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Eric E. Younger.
Disbarments, Los Angeles County
Thomas V. Girardi. Also:
Cary David Abramowitz, Shahriar Adorbeh, David Lester Barg, Victoria Chan, Amir Sam Dibaei, Anton Bru Dragan, Donald Arthur Hilland, Joseph Miranda Hoats, Derek James Jones, Robert Lee Kornswiet, Gerald Bennett Malanga, James Robert Miller, Jerry S. Milliken, Caesar Santos Natividad, Maurice Steven Newman, John Fredrick Norris, Jan Peter Quaglia, Jerry D. Rothman, Glenn Todd Rosen, Irena Shut, John Shaffer Smith, Donald Martin Stone, Alexander Wailes Wallace.
Judicial Appointments
Federal
Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Anthony Johnstone, an associate professor at the University of Montana School of Law (nominated, not yet confirmed).
Arizona lawyer Roopali Desai.
U.S. District Court Judge Salvador Mendoza of the Eastern District of Washington.
California Court of Appeal Justice Gabriel P. Sanchez.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Holly A. Thomas.
District Court, Central District of California
Mónica Ramírez Almadani (nominated, not yet confirmed).
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Wesley Hsu (nominated, not yet confirmed).
Orange Superior Court Judge Fred Slaughter (confirmed this year, nominated last year).
Riverside Superior Court Judge Sunshine Suzanne Sykes.
State
California Supreme Court
Court of Appeal Justice Patricia Guerrero as an associate justice; later, California Supreme Court Justice Patricia Guerrero, as chief justice (effective next week).
Alameda Superior Court Judge Kelli Evans.
Court of Appeal, Second District
San Luis Obispo Superior Court Judge Hernaldo J. Baltodano, Div. Six.
Court of Appeal Justice Maria E. Stratton as presiding justice of Div. Eight.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gregory Weingart, Div. One.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Victor Viramontes, Div. Eight.
Eva McClintock will become clerk/executive officer effective Sunday.
Los Angeles Superior Court
Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioners Maria Rivas Byrum, Jerry B. Marshak, Angel Navarro, Lisa M. Strassner and Terry Truong.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Cathy Ostiller of the Central District of California
Assistant Los Angeles County Counsel Tiana J. Murillo.
Deputy Los Angeles County Public Defenders Jannet Perez Santiso, Christine Rodriguez Tyler.
Private practitioners Pamela Dansby, managing attorney at Dansby Law Group APC; Nicholas F. Daum of Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP; Mark A. Davis, a sole practitioner; sole practitioner Diane Goodman; Dean J. Kitchens, partner in Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; Lauren Lofton, an attorney at Yoka & Smith LLP; Bradley S. Phillips, partner in Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP; Adrian Gidaya Roxas, a partner at Roxas Law, APC.
Judicial Elections
Winning in the primary: Los Angeles Superior Court Judges David Gelfound and Carol Elswick. Sherilyn Peace Garnett’s name appeared on the ballot, notwithstanding her confirmation as a U.S. District Court judge, and won over two attorneys.
Prevailing in November: Deputy District Attorneys Abby Baron, Fernanda Maria Barreto, Melissa Lyons, and Melissa Hammond and Deputy Public Defenders Holly L. Hancock, Patrick Hare.
Retirements
Federal
Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Andrew D. Hurwitz (assumed senior status).
District Court, Central District of California
Virginia A. Phillips (assumed senior status).
John A. Kronstadt (assumed senior status).
State
Court of Appeal, Second District
Steven Z. Perren of Div. Six.
Los Angeles Superior Court
Judges Daniel J. Buckley (former presiding judge), Amy Hogue, Holly E. Kendig, Stephen M. Moloney, Mark V. Mooney, Teri Schwartz, William D. Stewart, Carlos E. Vazquez, Frederick N. Wapner, Gloria White-Brown.
Not seeking reelection: Judges John P. Doyal, Bruce Marrs, Stephen M. Moloney, Randall F. Pacheco, Morton Rochman, Raul A. Sahagun.
Sherri R. Carter, Los Angeles Superior Court’s executive officer/clerk.
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