Los Angeles County (Mosk)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the California Court of Appeal by Gov. Jerry Brown in July 2018. Appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court in 2011. Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, 1999-2012, served as chief of appeals from 2007 to 2012; Investigative counsel for U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, 1997-1999; Associate, Sidley & Austin LLP, 1994-1997; Clerked for Judge Nathaniel R. Jones on the 9th U.S. Circuit court of Appeals.
Law School: Yale Law School
4th District Court of Appeal
Career Highlights: Appointed to the California Court of Appeal by Gov. Jerry Brown in July 2018. Appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court in 2011. Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, 1999-2012, served as chief of appeals from 2007 to 2012; Investigative counsel for U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, 1997-1999; Associate, Sidley & Austin LLP, 1994-1997; Clerked for Judge Nathaniel R. Jones on the 9th U.S. Circuit court of Appeals.
Law School: Yale Law School
4th District Court of Appeal
By Henry Meier
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Superior Court Judge Michael J. Raphael exudes little of the swagger and braggadocio that many might associate with a bench officer who spent nearly his whole career as a federal prosecutor.
Instead, he approaches his work with a meticulous and thoughtful air that hints at a fierce intelligence and a desire to codify individual rulings within a broader legal context.
"I do like it when ... (continued)
