Career Highlights: Elevated by unification to Los Angeles Superior Court, 2000, retired July 11, 2025; judge, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1994-2000; commissioner, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1992-94; deputy public defender, Los Angeles, 1991-92; associate, Women's Law Center, Los Angeles, 1988-90; associate, Carfrae and Miller, Downey, 1986-88; associate, Law Offices of Richard N. Deyo, Norwalk, 1984-86
Law School: USC Law School, 1984
Santa Fe Springs attorney Joel Beckman refers to his most memorable matter before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ana Maria Luna as the "ant farm" case.
Beckman represented a man battling his former wife for custody of their two young daughters.
Both the father and mother, Beckman said, were young, brilliant USC students soon to graduate, but the toddlers lived with their mother, whose housekeeping was less than stellar.
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