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Richard A. Adler

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Judge (ret.)



Served on Los Angeles County Superior Court

Loyola Law School



Judicial Profiles
Title Court Published
Richard A. Adler Los Angeles County (Van Nuys) Superior Court Jun. 11, 2010

Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Andy Gutierrez v. Anthony Antonacci Personal Injury judge Feb. 25, 2006
Diagnostic Automation v. Sandra Williams Business Law judge Feb. 4, 2006
Gracielo Merida Monzon v. State of California, et al. Personal Injury judge Dec. 31, 2005
Dale Upton v. Carmenza Chitwood Personal Injury judge Mar. 22, 2005
Mendyuk v. Marshall Personal Injury judge Sep. 28, 2004
Confidential Personal Injury judge May 4, 2004
Robert Estrada, Dolores Estrada v. Mark J. Seifert Personal Injury judge Apr. 27, 2004
Sullivan v. Entin, Ota Personal Injury judge May 28, 2003
Corson v. Palmdale School District Personal Injury judge May 6, 2003
Confidential Contracts judge Oct. 15, 2002
Confidential Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Jul. 30, 2002
Viviana Villasenor Mendez v. Manuel Gonzalez, Medicina Familiar Torts judge May 18, 2002
Teri Lester v. Costco Wholesale Corp. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge May 4, 2002
Mahin Keyvanfar v. Nader Kayvanfar Torts judge Mar. 16, 2002
Confidential Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Nov. 15, 2001
Janet Briggs, Patrick Genova v. Carol Bastian, West Hills Medical Center Torts judge Sep. 13, 2001
Confidential Attorneys judge Jul. 17, 2001
Bonnie Chermak v. Trillium Sports Medicine and Association Inc., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge May 3, 2001
Adela Villalobos v. Robert Diamond Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Apr. 19, 2001
Fisher v. Monroe Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Oct. 7, 2000
M.A.G.D. Properties v. We're No. 1 Inc. Real Property judge Jul. 29, 2000
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 18, 2000
Brian Higgins and Janice Pober v. Saeed Matloob, Alfar Matloob, Darvish Mozaffar, Regency Midland Construction Inc., Siamak Torkian, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 11, 2000
Martha Cerda and Francisco Cerda v. Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Feb. 19, 2000
Lori Ciccio v. Brian Taylor Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Oct. 2, 1999
Lisette Ciuffo v. Marie Stephanie Devine, et al. Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Apr. 17, 1999
Debra Levine v. Bohannan Brothers Ready Mix Personal Injury judge Nov. 7, 1998
David J. Jackson and Cynthia E. Jackson v. Hart Construction; James W. Hart; Roy Jackson; Cheryl Jackson, et al. Personal Injury judge Nov. 7, 1998
Patricia Penix v. Malverse Martin, M.D. Personal Injury judge Oct. 24, 1998
Solayman Siraj; Mir Nomair; Kamo Gulinyan and Tsolak Gulinyan v. Hovik Fiterz Personal Injury judge Sep. 12, 1998
Abolghas Nickdad and Forooze Hamedi v. Edifice Construction, et al. Personal Injury judge May 2, 1998
Zoltan Ivanyi, Sr., and Zoltan Ivanyi, Jr. v. Ventura-Fulton Prop. Ltd. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Nov. 29, 1997
Tarzana Regional Medical Center v. City of Los Angeles c/w Sharon Johnson v. City of Los Angeles Personal Injury judge Jul. 26, 1997
William McGovern v. The Vons Companies, Inc. Personal Injury judge Jul. 26, 1997
Bernard Rosenzweig v. Mohammad Gharavi, M.D., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge May 24, 1997
Gayle Holmes v. Ronnie Polk; Williamsburg Transport, Inc. Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Mar. 22, 1997
Susan Rountree, et al. v. David Ruimy, et al. Personal Injury judge Feb. 8, 1997
Barbara Gloverman v. James F. Leach, D.D.S. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Dec. 14, 1996
Mary Talan and Michael Talan v. City of Los Angeles, et al. Civil Rights judge May 25, 1996
Douglas Milosavljevic v. Amtek Reliable Elevator, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 23, 1996
Confidential judge Feb. 3, 1996
Artin Petrossian v. Shahab Ravery, D.C., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jan. 20, 1996
Tandym C. Halip v. Alice Marie Locke, et al. Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Jan. 13, 1996
Susan Malloy, et al. v. Janice Winston, et al. Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Nov. 11, 1995
Ben Friedman v. Weiser & Teitman and Weiser & Teitman v. John Doe Breach of Contract judge Oct. 14, 1995
Confidential Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Aug. 26, 1995
Martha Robi v. Lucille Ram, et al. Intellectual Property judge Apr. 8, 1995
Las Virgenes Municipal Water District v. Currey-Riach Company, etc. Construction judge Mar. 18, 1995
Michael Ortiz v. Los Angeles Unified School District Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Dec. 31, 1994
Charles Head v. Kenneth Estin, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Dec. 24, 1994
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Nov. 19, 1994
Kim Lawrence v. Toys "R" Us Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Oct. 15, 1994
Shaina Simon v. Robert Muhn Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Sep. 24, 1994
Laurence and Amy Dumais v. Arnco Construction, Inc., et al. Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Aug. 20, 1994
Virginia Brodie v. Mitchell Thabit, M.D., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jun. 11, 1994
Eugene De Silva v. Arthur Harris, M.D., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Dec. 24, 1993
Russell Morgan v. Steven Killinger Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Nov. 20, 1993
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Oct. 30, 1993
Title Court Published
Richard A. Adler Los Angeles County (Van Nuys) Superior Court Jun. 11, 2010
Case Name Topic Role Published
Andy Gutierrez v. Anthony Antonacci Personal Injury judge Feb. 25, 2006
Diagnostic Automation v. Sandra Williams Business Law judge Feb. 4, 2006
Gracielo Merida Monzon v. State of California, et al. Personal Injury judge Dec. 31, 2005
Dale Upton v. Carmenza Chitwood Personal Injury judge Mar. 22, 2005
Mendyuk v. Marshall Personal Injury judge Sep. 28, 2004
Confidential Personal Injury judge May 4, 2004
Robert Estrada, Dolores Estrada v. Mark J. Seifert Personal Injury judge Apr. 27, 2004
Sullivan v. Entin, Ota Personal Injury judge May 28, 2003
Corson v. Palmdale School District Personal Injury judge May 6, 2003
Confidential Contracts judge Oct. 15, 2002
Confidential Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Jul. 30, 2002
Viviana Villasenor Mendez v. Manuel Gonzalez, Medicina Familiar Torts judge May 18, 2002
Teri Lester v. Costco Wholesale Corp. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge May 4, 2002
Mahin Keyvanfar v. Nader Kayvanfar Torts judge Mar. 16, 2002
Confidential Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Nov. 15, 2001
Janet Briggs, Patrick Genova v. Carol Bastian, West Hills Medical Center Torts judge Sep. 13, 2001
Confidential Attorneys judge Jul. 17, 2001
Bonnie Chermak v. Trillium Sports Medicine and Association Inc., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge May 3, 2001
Adela Villalobos v. Robert Diamond Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Apr. 19, 2001
Fisher v. Monroe Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Oct. 7, 2000
M.A.G.D. Properties v. We're No. 1 Inc. Real Property judge Jul. 29, 2000
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 18, 2000
Brian Higgins and Janice Pober v. Saeed Matloob, Alfar Matloob, Darvish Mozaffar, Regency Midland Construction Inc., Siamak Torkian, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 11, 2000
Martha Cerda and Francisco Cerda v. Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Feb. 19, 2000
Lori Ciccio v. Brian Taylor Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Oct. 2, 1999
Lisette Ciuffo v. Marie Stephanie Devine, et al. Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Apr. 17, 1999
Debra Levine v. Bohannan Brothers Ready Mix Personal Injury judge Nov. 7, 1998
David J. Jackson and Cynthia E. Jackson v. Hart Construction; James W. Hart; Roy Jackson; Cheryl Jackson, et al. Personal Injury judge Nov. 7, 1998
Patricia Penix v. Malverse Martin, M.D. Personal Injury judge Oct. 24, 1998
Solayman Siraj; Mir Nomair; Kamo Gulinyan and Tsolak Gulinyan v. Hovik Fiterz Personal Injury judge Sep. 12, 1998
Abolghas Nickdad and Forooze Hamedi v. Edifice Construction, et al. Personal Injury judge May 2, 1998
Zoltan Ivanyi, Sr., and Zoltan Ivanyi, Jr. v. Ventura-Fulton Prop. Ltd. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Nov. 29, 1997
Tarzana Regional Medical Center v. City of Los Angeles c/w Sharon Johnson v. City of Los Angeles Personal Injury judge Jul. 26, 1997
William McGovern v. The Vons Companies, Inc. Personal Injury judge Jul. 26, 1997
Bernard Rosenzweig v. Mohammad Gharavi, M.D., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge May 24, 1997
Gayle Holmes v. Ronnie Polk; Williamsburg Transport, Inc. Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Mar. 22, 1997
Susan Rountree, et al. v. David Ruimy, et al. Personal Injury judge Feb. 8, 1997
Barbara Gloverman v. James F. Leach, D.D.S. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Dec. 14, 1996
Mary Talan and Michael Talan v. City of Los Angeles, et al. Civil Rights judge May 25, 1996
Douglas Milosavljevic v. Amtek Reliable Elevator, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 23, 1996
Confidential judge Feb. 3, 1996
Artin Petrossian v. Shahab Ravery, D.C., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jan. 20, 1996
Tandym C. Halip v. Alice Marie Locke, et al. Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Jan. 13, 1996
Susan Malloy, et al. v. Janice Winston, et al. Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Nov. 11, 1995
Ben Friedman v. Weiser & Teitman and Weiser & Teitman v. John Doe Breach of Contract judge Oct. 14, 1995
Confidential Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Aug. 26, 1995
Martha Robi v. Lucille Ram, et al. Intellectual Property judge Apr. 8, 1995
Las Virgenes Municipal Water District v. Currey-Riach Company, etc. Construction judge Mar. 18, 1995
Michael Ortiz v. Los Angeles Unified School District Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Dec. 31, 1994
Charles Head v. Kenneth Estin, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Dec. 24, 1994
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Nov. 19, 1994
Kim Lawrence v. Toys "R" Us Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Oct. 15, 1994
Shaina Simon v. Robert Muhn Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Sep. 24, 1994
Laurence and Amy Dumais v. Arnco Construction, Inc., et al. Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Aug. 20, 1994
Virginia Brodie v. Mitchell Thabit, M.D., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jun. 11, 1994
Eugene De Silva v. Arthur Harris, M.D., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Dec. 24, 1993
Russell Morgan v. Steven Killinger Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Nov. 20, 1993
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Oct. 30, 1993