Thursday, April 19, 2018
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Bendix, Moor Confirmed as Justices of Second District Court of Appeal
Greenwood Approved as Sixth District Presiding Justice
By a MetNews Staff Writer
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Helen Bendix takes the oath of office as a Court of Appeal justice. |
Carl H. Moor is sworn in as a member of the appellate bench. |
Two Los Angeles Superior Court judges yesterday became members of the Court of Appeal for this district, following confirmation by the Commission on Judicial Appointments of the elevation by Gov. Jerry Brown of Helen I. Bendix and Carl H. Moor.
They were approved by a panel compromised of Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Attorney General Xavier Becerra, and the senior Second District Court of Appeal justice, Arthur Gilbert of Div. Six,
Bendix will join Div. One, taking the place of Elwood Lui who was elevated to the post of presiding justice of Div. Two.
The jurist was appointed to the Los Angeles Municipal Court by then-Gov. Pete Wilson in 1997 and was elevated to the Superior Court in 2000, by unification of the courts. Bendix was previously senior vice president and general counsel of KCET.
She is married to U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt of the Central District of California, and is the mother of Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Jessica Kronstadt.
Moor will replace Richard Mosk, who retired and subsequently died, in Div. Five.
He was appointed to the Superior Court in 2013 by Brown. Prior to that, he was a partner in Munger Tolles and Olson LLP.
Like Bendix, he has a background in broadcasting law, having served in 2000 as litigation counsel to the National Broadcasting Company Inc.
Both Bendix and Moor received their law degrees from Yale—which also is the governor’s alma mater.
Also yesterday, Sixth District Court of Appeal Justice Mary J. Greenwood was confirmed as presiding justice of her court. She assumes the post previously held by Conrad Rushing, who retired Dec. 4 amid charges of allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination against women.
Joining the chief justice and attorney general on the panel acting on the nomination of Greenwood was Acting Presiding Justice Franklin Elia.
The hearings were held in the Supreme Court Courtroom at the Ronald Reagan Building in Los Angeles. Cantil-Sakauye swore in the confirmed appointees.
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