Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, Jan. 5, 2019; ADR program director, Central District of California, Los Angeles, 2010-19; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 2001-10; Chief, deputy chief, assistant U.S. attorney, San Francisco, 1989-2001; trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington D.C., 1982-89; law clerk to Judge Barrington D. Park, U.S. District Court, Washington D.C. 1981-82; associate, Verner Liipfert Bernhard & McPherson, Washington D.C., 1981
Law School: Vermont Law School
LOS ANGELES -- After nearly two decades of alternative dispute resolution work, Judge Gail Killefer now uses her experience to help a specific pair of parties get on the same page: landlords and tenants.
Since early 2019, she's presided over an unlawful detainer calendar along with law and motion matters.
"I think it's a really purposeful area because you are dealing with an issue that's... (continued)