Career Highlights: Hon. Mary Thornton House (Ret.) served 22 years on the Los Angeles Superior Court, where she presided over countless jury and court trials in the Civil and Probate departments. Prior to her retirement in 2018, she presided over probate matters for eight years in the Pasadena and Mosk courthouses. Since her retirement, she has authored seven editions of Thomson Reuter's California Civil Jury Instructions Companion Handbook used by judges and attorneys throughout California. In 2024, she was inducted into the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, a nationwide organization that recognizes mediators and arbitrators who have excelled in their respective disciplines.
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LOS ANGELES -- Mary Thornton House describes her job as always trying to make the best of a bad situation.
When the Los Angeles County Superior Court system lost a third of its budget in 2013, condensing from 58 courthouses to 38 and backlogging an already burdened system, the then-supervising judge of hub operations stepped in to help find a solution.
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