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May 19, 2026

Judge Alan Honeycutt brings crisis negotiator's mindset to the bench

Torrance Superior Court Judge Alan B. Honeycutt says lessons in empathy learned as a child living in Iran continue to shape his approach to judging nearly two decades into his judicial career.

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Judge Alan Honeycutt brings crisis negotiator's mindset to the bench

Alan B. Honeycutt

Los Angeles County Superior Court

Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dec. 21, 2006; assistant city attorney, Redondo Beach, 2001-07; associate, Burke Williams & Sorensen LLP, 1999-2001; deputy city attorney, Redondo Beach, 1995-99

Law School: California Western School of Law, 1995
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TORRANCE - Long before Superior Court Judge Alan B. Honeycutt began studying crisis negotiation or presiding over felony trials and complex civil disputes, he remembers watching his parents share tea and cookies with the neighborhood garbage collector while living in Iran in the 1970s.

The family was there because Honeycutt's father had accepted a contract job with U.S. Aircraft. Every few weeks, Honeycutt recalled, his parents would sit with the garbage collector ... (continued)

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