Central District of California (Los Angeles)
Career Highlights: Litigation Associate, Jeffer, Mangels, Butler and Marmaro, 1983-85; Director, San Fernando Valley Office of Bet Tzedek Legal Services, 1985-87; Deputy Federal Public Defender, Central District of California, 1987-2001; US District Court for Central California, retired 2023.
Law School: Boalt Hall, 1983
Career Highlights: Litigation Associate, Jeffer, Mangels, Butler and Marmaro, 1983-85; Director, San Fernando Valley Office of Bet Tzedek Legal Services, 1985-87; Deputy Federal Public Defender, Central District of California, 1987-2001; US District Court for Central California, retired 2023.
Law School: Boalt Hall, 1983
By Gabe Friedman
Daily Journal Staff Writer
U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Abrams spends his time refereeing some of the most staunch advocates: overzealous parents of soccer players who yell, cheer and complain from the sidelines.
Abrams, who volunteers as a referee for a youth soccer league on the weekends, said that experience helps him rein in any overzealous lawyers who appear in his federal courtroom in downtown Los Angeles.
As a magistrate jud... (continued)
