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Law Practice

Jul. 7, 2009

Central District Gets New Magistrate Judge

John E. McDermott, the former chair of Howrey's commercial trial practice group, replaced Magistrate Judge Jennifer T. Lum.

By Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - John E. McDermott, a former Howrey partner and chair of its commercial trial practice group, has replaced Jennifer T. Lum as a magistrate judge in the Central District of California.

McDermott, 62, was sworn in Thursday. He will sit in Los Angeles and preside over the Central District's Western Division, which is comprised of the counties of Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis ...

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