Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2009; partner, Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson, Los Angeles, 2007-09; partner, Kelly Lytton & Vann, Los Angeles, 2002-06; of counsel, Jackson & Lewis, Los Angeles, 1994-2001; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 1989-94; associate, Finley, Kumble, Heine, Underberg, Manley & Casey, Beverly Hills, 1984-89; clerk, U.S. District Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr., Central District, Los Angeles, 1983-84; attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Voting Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, Washington, D.C., 1980-83
Law School: New York University School of Law, 1980
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2009; partner, Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson, Los Angeles, 2007-09; partner, Kelly Lytton & Vann, Los Angeles, 2002-06; of counsel, Jackson & Lewis, Los Angeles, 1994-2001; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 1989-94; associate, Finley, Kumble, Heine, Underberg, Manley & Casey, Beverly Hills, 1984-89; clerk, U.S. District Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr., Central District, Los Angeles, 1983-84; attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Voting Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, Washington, D.C., 1980-83
Law School: New York University School of Law, 1980
By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - David Cunningham was 5 when his grandmother took him by bus from Memphis to Los Angeles to live with his father.
A rest stop in Dallas gave them just enough time for a quick bite to eat, so they walked to a funky old diner and sat down. And they waited.
Finally, a waitress said, "'We don't serve colored people here.'"
His grandmother turned to him and said, "... (continued)
