Los Angeles County (Van Nuys)
Career Highlights: Elected to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, June 8, 2010; appointed early by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, July 2010; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, 1997-2010; deputy legal counsel to Board of Equalization Chair Brad Sherman, 1993-97
Law School: USC Gould School of Law, 1992
Career Highlights: Elected to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, June 8, 2010; appointed early by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, July 2010; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, 1997-2010; deputy legal counsel to Board of Equalization Chair Brad Sherman, 1993-97
Law School: USC Gould School of Law, 1992
VAN NUYS — Judge Valerie F. Salkin uses the teleconferencing program Zoom as a window to finding common ground during settlement conferences.
For example, if the app shows a university degree on the wall in one of the parties’ homes Salkin explained, “If I see that the plaintiff is from Michigan I go, ‘Oh, I went to Michigan. On one occasion there was a party who had a big Thomas McKnight painting in the background. I sai... (continued)
