Metropolitan News-Enterprise

Friday, November 29, 2002

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Dukes Makes Few Changes in 2003 Superior Court Assignments

By ROBERT GREENE, Staff Writer

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge-elect Robert Dukes issued orders Wednesday that keep most of the court’s current judicial supervisors in place and make modest changes in management structure, adding a managing judge for complex cases, a supervising judge for traffic and an assistant supervising judge for misdemeanors.

Dukes appointed Judge Peter Lichtman to serve both as managing judge of complex litigation and as site judge for Central Civil West, where most complex cases are heard.

Sam Ohta, who has been serving as site judge in the Metropolitan Courthouse, will stay in place but take the new designation of supervising judge of Traffic.

New Assistant Post

In Criminal, there now will be two assistant presiding judge posts under Supervising Judge Dan T. Oki, with David Wesley retaining one and Carol Rehm Jr. taking the new post dedicated to misdemeanors.

In Writs and Receivers, Dukes is keeping David Yaffe and Dzintra Janavs, but giving Janavs the new designation of managing judge.

The two top civil department posts will be retained for now by judges hoping to leave for the federal bench.

Dukes confirmed that Carolyn Kuhl will supervise the criminal departments, with S. James Otero to back her up as assistant presiding judge. Kuhl has been nominated to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Otero to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

At the time Dukes picked Kuhl to lead the civil departments it appeared that she would be staying in the Superior Court awhile despite her federal nomination because of opposition from Senate Democrats. But the November elections and next month’s Republican takeover of the Senate could put her nomination back in play.

The top civil post currently is held by R. Gary Klausner, who recently won confirmation to the district court.

In addition to Oki in Criminal, Dukes will keep Michael Nash as presiding judge of the Juvenile Court and Aviva Bobb as supervising judge in Family Law.

MacLaughlin Moves

Most supervising judges in the Superior Court’s geographic districts will remain in place as well. Assistant Presiding Judge-elect William MacLaughlin will move downtown from the North Valley District in San Fernando and will be succeeded by Judge Alice C. Hill.

The biggest change will be Sam Ohta’s elevation from site judge in the Metropolitan Courthouse to full-fledged supervising judge for Traffic.

Sandy Kriegler, who earlier this year became supervising judge of the Northwest District in Van Nuys, retains that post. Bradford I. Andrews succeeds Gary J. Ferrari as South District supervisor in Long Beach, and Eric Taylor takes over for Andrew Kauffman in the Southwest District in Torrance.

Staying put are Supervising Judges George Genesta in the Pomona-based East District, Steven Ogden in Lancaster’s North District, Mary Thornton House in both the North Central District in Burbank and the Northeast District in Pasadena, Chris Conway in the Norwalk-based Southeast District, Alan Haber in the West District in Santa Monica.

“Pretty much everyone who is going to move already has done so over the last few months,” Dukes said Monday. “We were not able to give everyone what they wanted. For one thing, there just aren’t as many places here in the Central District as there used to be.”

The court has eliminated several bench positions to cope with a budget deficit.

The assignments take effect on Jan. 2, 2003.

CENTRAL DISTRICT	Judge Judith L. Champagne	West Covina Court	NORTHWEST DISTRICT	Judge Daniel S. Pratt
Supervising Judge Carolyn Kuhl	Judge William Chidsey Jr.	Site Judge Thomas C. Falls	Supervising Judge Sandy R. Kriegler	Judge Raul A. Sahagun
(Dept. 1 Master Calendar)	Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis	Judge Monica Bachner	Assistant Supervising Judge	Judge C. Robert Simpson
	Judge Anita H. Dymant	Judge Daniel Buckley	Michael R. Hoff	Judge James M. Sutton, Jr.
Regular General Civil Pool	Judge Ruffo Espinosa	Judge Michael M. Duggan		Judge John A. Torribio
Judge Gregory Alarcon	Judge William F. Fahey	Judge Carol Williams Elswick	Van Nuys East	Commissioner William A. Allen
Judge Helen I. Bendix	Judge Larry P. Fidler	Judge Alan S. Kalkin	Judge Richard Adler	Commissioner Robert Axel
Judge Elihu M. Berle	Judge Dale S. Fischer	Judge Dorothy L. Shubin	Judge Ruth Essegian	Commissioner Michael Schuur
Judge Soussan G. Bruguera	Judge Hank M. Goldberg	Commissioner Harold J. Mulville	Judge Bert Glennon
Judge Susan Bryant-Deason	Judge Terry A. Green	Commissioner Phyllis Shibata	Judge Michael Harwin	Huntington Park
Judge Alan Buckner	Judge John D. Harris	Commissioner Nicholas Taubert	Judge James Kaddo	Site Judge Gilbert M. Lopez
Judge James C. Chalfant	Judge Marcelita Haynes		Judge Leon S. Kaplan	Judge Amy D. Hogue
Judge Victor E. Chavez	Judge David Horwitz	El Monte Court	Judge Gregory Keosian	Judge Steven Kleifielf
Judge Judith Chirlin	Judge Maral Injejikian	Site Judge Abraham Khan	Judge Richard George Kolostian	Judge Mary H. Stobel
Judge Lawrence W. Crispo	Judge Lance Ito	Judge Suzanne Person	Judge Sandy R. Kriegler	Commissioner Rita J. Baird
Judge J. Stephen Czuleger	Judge Barbara Johnson	Judge Steven Sanora	Judge Gregg Marcus
Judge Ralph W. Dau	Judge Michael Johnson	Judge Zaven V. Sinanian	Judge Stephen D. Petersen	Downey
Judge James R. Dunn	Judge Michael Kellogg	Judge Richard W. Van Dusen	Judge Susan M. Speer	Site Judge Cynthia Rayvis
Judge Emilie H. Elias	Judge Kathleen Kennedy-Powell	Commissioner Jose A. Rodriguez	Judge Stanley M. Weisberg	Judge Charles Q. Clay III
Judge Irving S. Feffer	Judge Ruth Ann Kwan		Judge Richard Wolfe	Judge Dennis J. Landin
Judge Edward Ferns	Judge George G. Lomeli	NORTH CENTRAL DISTRICT	CommissionerJane Godfrey	Judge Ana Maria Luna
Judge Madeleine Flier	Judge Michael S. Luros	Supervising Judge	Commissioner Mina Fried	Commissioner Burt Barnett
Judge Kenneth Freeman	Judge Ronni B. MacLaren	Mary Thornton House	Commissioner Robert H. Mcintosh	Commissioner Ross M. Klein
Judge Haley J. Fromholz	Judge Stephen A. Marcus	Assistant Supervising Judge	Commissioner Patricia G. Schwartz
Judge Richard Fruin	Judge David S. Milton	Teri Schwartz	Commissioner Mark A. Weiss	Bellflower
Judge Hugh C. Gardner III	Judge David M. Mintz			Site Judge Leland H. Tipton
Judge Carol Boas Goodson	Judge Mark Mooney	Burbank Court	Van Nuys West	Judge Lyle M. MacKenzie
Judge Elizabeth A. Grimes	Judge Michael E. Pastor	Sute Judge Robert J. Sandoval	Site Judge Michael R. Hoff	Judge Lauren Weiss
Judge Paul Gutman	Judge Robert J. Perry	Judge Chesley McKay	Judge Leslie A. Dunn	Commissioner Edward H. Drayer
Judge Ray L. Hart	Judge William R. Pounders	Judge Michael S. Mink	Judge John Fisher
Judge Robert L. Hess	Judge Curtis Rappe	Judge David M. Schacter	Judge Leland Harris	South Gate
Judge William Highberger	Judge Carol Rehm Jr.	Commissioner Kirkland Nyby	Judge Frank Johnson	Site Judge Gilbert M. Lopez
Judge Ernest Hiroshige	Judge Marsha N. Revel	Commissioner Dennis L. Shanklin	Judge Richard Kirschner	Judge Dennis A. Aichroth
Judge Marilyn L. Hoffman	Judge Kevin A. Ross	Commissioner Robert Applegate	Judge Karen Nudell	Commissioner Lonzo Lucas
Judge Richard C. Hubbell	Judge Rand S. Rubin		Judge Randy Rhodes
Judge Jane Johnson	Judge Michael T. Sauer	Glendale Court	Judge Darlene Schempp	Whittier
Judge Marion J. Johnson	Judge Patricia Schnegg	Site Judge C. Edward Simpson	Judge Jessica P. Silvers	Site Judge Yvonne T. Sanchez
Judge Morris B. Jones	Judge Norm Shapiro	Judge Partick Hegarty	Judge Kathryne A. Stoltz	Judge Margaret M. Bernal
Judge Brett C. Klein	Judge Norman Tarle	Judge Laura A. Matz	Judge Barry A. Taylor	Judge Lisa B. Lench
Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl	Judge Patricia J. Titus	Judge William D. Stewart	Judge Debre Katz Weintraub	Judge Daniel Ramirez
Judge Owen Lee Kwong	Judge Michael A. Tynan	Judge Charles W. Stoll	Commissioner Mitchell Block	Commissioner Loren Frank
Judge Marvin Lager	Judge Craig Veals	Commissioner Steve Lubell	Commissioner Michael M. Duffey	Commissioner Gerald N. Mansfield
Judge Malcolm Mackey	Judge Richard F. Walmark	Commissioner Steven Monette	Commissioner Rebecca Elder
Judge Jon M. Mayeda	Judge Fred Wapner		Commissioner Harold S. Vites
Judge Barbara A. Meiers	Judge David Wesley	NORTHEAST DISTRICT	Commissioner Martin Wegman	SOUTHWEST DISTRICT
Judge Rita Miller	Judge Laurie Zelon	Supervising Judge		Supervising Judge Eric C. Taylor
Judge David L. Minning	Commissioner Joseph S. Biderman	Mary Thornton House	SOUTH DISTRICT	Assistant Supervising Judge
Judge Aurelio Munoz	Commissioner Paul M. Enright	Assistant Supervising Judge	Supervising Judge	Mark S. Arnold
Judge Mary Ann Murphy	Commissioner Jeffrey Harkavy	Teri Schwartz	Bradford L. Andrews
Judge Rodney E. Nelson	Commissioner Mitchel J. Harris		Assistant Supervising Judge	Torrance
Judge Gregory O’Brien	Commissioner Christina Hill	Pasadena	James L. Wright	Judge Mark S. Arnold
Judge S. James Otero	Commissioner Melissa Widdifield	Judge Phillip J. Argento		Judge Laura Ellison
Judge Victor H. Person		Judge Leslie E. Brown	Long Beach	Judge Dudley W. Gray II
Judge Mel Red Recana	Central Arraignment	Judge Barbara Lee Burke	Judge Bradford L. Andrews	Judge Bob T. Hight
Judge Andria Richey	Site Judge C. H. Rehm	Judge J. Michael Byrne	Judge Deborah B. Andrews	Judge Francis J. Hourigan
Judge Frances Rothschild	Commissioner Nancy S. Gast	Judge Janice C. Croft	Judge Kenneth A. Black	Judge Andrew C. Kauffman
Judge Teresa Sanchez-Gordon	Commissioner Donald S. Kennedy	Judge Joseph F. DeVanon, Jr.	Judge Joan Comparet-Cassani	Judge Jean Matusinka
Judge John P. Shook	Commissioner Kristi Lousteau	Judge Mary Thornton House	Judge Joseph DiLoreto	Judge Deanne Smith Myers
Judge Ronald M. Sohigian		Judge Judson W. Morris, Jr.	Judge Gary J. Ferrari	Judge Cary E. Nishimoto
Judge Michael C. Solner	Metropolitan Court	Judge Jan A. Pluim	Judge Margaret Hay	Judge Jesse Rodriguez
Judge Fumiko H. Wasserman	Supervising Judge-Traffic,	Judge Michelle R. Rosenblatt	Judge Arthur Jean	Judge Thomas R. Sokolov
Judge Thomas L. Wilihite Jr.	Site Judge Sam Ohta	Judge Teri Schwartz	Judge Mark Kim	Judge Eric C. Taylor
Judge Alexander Williams III	Judge Henry Barela	Judge C. Edward Simpson	Judge John D. Lord	Judge Sandra A. Thompson
Judge David A. Workman	Judge Anne H. Egertorn	Judge Terry Smerling	Judge Richard W. Lyman, Jr	Commissioner Douglas G. Carnahan
Judge George Wu	Judge John A. Kronstadt	Judge Coleman A. Swart	Judge Patrick T. Madden	Commissioner Brad Fox
	Judge Charlaine Olmedo	Commissioner Louise Halevy	Judge Peter J. Mirich	Commissioner John A. Slawson
Regular Civil Limited Pool	Judge Charles Palmer	Commissioner Preciliano Recendez	Judge Tracy T. Moreno	Commissioner Glenda Veasey
Assistant Supervising Judge	Judge Charles G. Rubin	Commissioner Collette N. Serio	Judge Tomson T. Ong
S. James Otero	Commissioner Gary L. Bindman	Commissioner Nori Anne Walla	Judge Richard R. Romero	Inglewood
Judge David Doi	Commissioner John W. Green	Pasadena Juvenile Court	Judge Charles D. Sheldon	Site Judge John Meigs
Judge Carol Boas Goodson	Commissioner Roger Ito	Judge Raymond Mireles	Judge Judith Vander Lans	Judge Deborah Christian
Judge Susan E. Isacoff	Commissioner Robert Kawahara	Commissioner Robert Leventer	Judge James L. Wright	Judge Eudon Ferrell
Judge Marion J. Johnson	Commissioner Sanjay T. Kumar		Commissioner John Chemeleski	Judge Rodney Forneret
Judge Breu C. Klein	Commissioner MIchael Levanas	Alhambra	Commissioner Douglas M. Haigh	Judge Deirdre Hill
Judge Teresa Sanchez-Gordon		Site Judge Candace J. Beason	Commissioner George Kalinski	Judge Kenji Machida
Judge Michael C. Solner	Hollywood Court	Judge Nancy Brown	Commissioner John H. Ing	Judge Vincent JH. Okamoto
Commissioner Gary Bounds	Site Judge Leslie A. Swain	Judge John L. Martinez	Commissioner Ralph R. Olson	Commissioner John R. Johnson
Commissioner William Dodson	Judge H. Chester Horn Jr	Judge Jacqueline Nguyen	Commissioner Thomas Parrott	Commissioner Richard Novak
Commissioner Vcitor H. Greenberg	Judge Spurgeon E. Smith	Judge Frederick R. Rotennerg		Commissioner William R. Torres
Commissioner Murray Gross		Judge Carlos A. Uranga	Long Beach Juvenile Court
Commissioner Barry D. Kohn	East Los Angeles Court	Commissioner Armando V. Moreno	Judge Gibson Lee	Beach Cities
Commissioner Bruce Mitchell	Site Judge Richard E. Rico		Judge Marcus O. Tucker	Judge Ramona G. See
Commissioner Stanford Reichert	Judge Joseph A. Brandolino	Santa Anita		Judge Lois A. Smaltz
	Judge Yvette Palazuelos	Commissioner Michael J. Duffy