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Oct. 2, 2024

Commissioner James I. Montgomery says busing led to early interest in the law

Attorneys say Commissioner Montgomery doesn't inject himself into proceedings but is willing to do the research if he doesn't know the answer to a legal question straight away.

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Commissioner James I. Montgomery says busing led to early interest in the law

James I. Montgomery Jr.


Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, February 2025; commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court , March 2023-February 2025; partner, Gibbs Giden Locher Turner Senet & Wittbrodt LLP, 1999-2023; attorney, Daniels, Baratta & Fine, 1982-99

Law School: UCLA School of Law, 1981
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Los Angeles County Superior Court Commissioner James I. Montgomery had been an attorney for some 40 years when, one day, a realization came to him in the halls of the Stanley Mosk Courthouse.

"I just watched people going in small claims, unlawful detainer courts, the civil courts," he recalled. "I just watched all the people and said, 'These are the people that the courts serve.' And I just thought, 'I could do that.'"

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