
Career Highlights: Joined ADR Services, October 2023; appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenneger, February 2005; commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2000-2005; deputy public defender, private practice
ADR Services
By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Mike Levanas is used to the probate battles. On a good day, it's an elderly person fighting for his or her dignity.
All too often, however, it's a donnybrook between adult children competing for every dollar of a deceased parent's estate.
"There are days after a big fight that I want to rewrite the Probate Code," Levanas said, gritting his teeth.
When that happen... (continued)