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
LOS ANGELES — A past president of the Los Angeles Police Commission, who reviewed his fair share of excessive force cases, Judge David Cunningham III was at the center of his own after a traffic stop in 2013.
He had left a gym in Westwood when UCLA police stopped him for not wearing a seat belt, according to news reports. When officers asked for his registration and other documents, the judge couldn’t find them in his gl... (continued)
