Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, March 2015; partner, Bird & Bird, 1990-2015; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 1985-1990
Law School: Loyola Law School, 1985
LOS ANGELES - Superior Court Judge George F. Bird Jr. does not approach a case by isolating the issue in front of him and moving directly toward a ruling; instead, he begins by asking what happened before the motion, before the filing, before the point at which two people arrive in his courtroom believing the situation has reached its limit.
Now sitting in a family law assignment at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles--a position he sought and began in ... (continued)