Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2012; partner, Gross & Gross PC (and earlier iterations of the law firm), 1990-2012; associate, Grayson & Gross (and earlier iterations), 1982-1990; associate, Rifkin & Sterling, 1981-1982
Law School: USC Gould School of Law, 1981
Forced and settlement: Two words that do not go together in the mind of Superior Court Judge Marc D. Gross, who has handled mandatory settlement conferences in the Beverly Hills Courthouse for two years. He also eschews gimmicks.
"I'm not here to trick you or scare you with a settlement by telling you something I know isn't true, nor am I going to try to coerce or pressure anybody to settle," Gross tells litigants at the start ... (continued)