Central District of California (Los Angeles)
Career Highlights: Retired April 2020. Took senior status in December 2018. Appointed to the Central District by President George W. Bush in 2003. Municipal and superior court judge in Los Angeles. Deputy city attorney for 11 years, regional counsel for Southern Pacific Railroad.
Law School: Stanford Law School, 1976
JAMS
Career Highlights: Retired April 2020. Took senior status in December 2018. Appointed to the Central District by President George W. Bush in 2003. Municipal and superior court judge in Los Angeles. Deputy city attorney for 11 years, regional counsel for Southern Pacific Railroad.
Law School: Stanford Law School, 1976
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By Brian Cardile
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - One afternoon this past May, U.S. District Judge James Otero presided over a trial in his Spring Street courtroom. Counselors examined witnesses and raised objections, and a jury retired to deliberate its verdict. The proceeding possessed all the trappings of a genuine federal case, except for one: the parties involved were fifth-graders.
The mock trial culminated yearlong efforts of local... (continued)
