Career Highlights: Judge Mary Thornton House (Ret.) is a neutral who handles a diverse range of matters including probate, family law, personal injury, medical and legal malpractice, real property, employment, business and contract disputes. In her 22 years on the Los Angeles Superior Court, she presided over countless jury and court trials in the Civil and Probate departments. She also served as the Supervising Judge of the Northeast and North Central districts, Hub Operations and assistant supervising judge of Civil countywide.
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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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