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Judges and Judiciary

Mar. 8, 2002

Judge Gets Right Down to Business

LOS ANGELES - The term "no-nonsense" comes up often when lawyers describe how Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert J. Higa runs his Norwalk courtroom.

PROFILE
Robert J. Higa
Superior Court Judge
Los Angeles
Career highlights: Appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1978, and elevated to Los Angeles Superior Court, 1980; associate, Kwan, Cohen & Lum, Los Angeles, 1978; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, 1969-78; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 1967-69
Law school: UCLA, 1966
Age: 64

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