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Litigation

Jan. 24, 2014

State appellate judge files class action seeking more back pay for all judges

Case seeks money for thousands of active and retired bench officers


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A state appellate court judge has filed a lawsuit on behalf of active and retired state court judges seeking what he claims were illegally withheld pay raises for six years.


Justice Robert M. Mallano, a presiding justice on the 2nd District Court of Appeal, filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday. Mallano is represented by well-known litigator Raoul D. Kennedy of Skadden, Arp...

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