[Calif. Courts] – The California judiciary’s Court Facilities Advisory Committee voted Thrusday to recommend to the Judicial Council that all 23 current judicial branch projects continue based on the general criteria of working with available funding, not incurring additional costs, or wasting...

Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the appointment of Maria Andrea Davalos, Dean Hansell, David E. Hizami, Lisa R. Jaskol, Andrew C. Kim, LaRonda J. McCoy and William L. Sadler to judgeships in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Davalos, 44, of Costa Mesa, has served as a deputy district attorney...

Edmund G. Brown Jr. Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. has announced the appointment of Francis B. Bennett II, Joel L. Lofton, Thomas D. Long and David A. Rosen to judgeships in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Bennett, 50, of Los Angeles, has served as a deputy alternate public defender at the Los Angeles...

Gov.  Edmund G. Brown Jr. has appointed Songhai D. Miguda-Armstead, Timothy P. Dillon, Ronald F. Frank, Julian C. Recana, Lawrence P. Riff, Laura A. Seigle, Natalie P. Stone and Lisa K. Sepe-Wiesenfeld to judgeships in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Miguda-Armstead, 39, of View Park-Windsor...

Effective June 1, the Los Angeles Superior Court began providing court interpreter services at no cost to parties with limited English proficiency in small claims hearings. The Court continues to provide court interpreters—at no cost – to parties in criminal, juvenile delinquency, juvenile dependency,...

Edmund G. Brown Jr. Gov. Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown Jr. announced the appointment Friday of Mark K. Hanasono, Daniel Juarez, Shelley L. Kaufman and Dorothy C. Kim to judgeships in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Hanasono, 39, of Los Angeles, has served as a deputy alternate public defender...

Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the appointment Monday of Nicole C. Bershon, Beverly L. Bourne, Rupa S. Goswami, Curtis A. Kin, Lloyd C. Loomis and Teresa T. Sullivan to judgeships in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Bershon, 45, of Los Angeles, has served as a commissioner at the Los Angeles...

Reductions in state support for the California judicial branch will affect hundreds of workers at the Los Angeles County Superior Court, including 177 employees who will be laid off Friday. Court officials are still trying to figure out how the layoffs will affect the area locally. “It’s across the...

The largest Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) department in the country will close its doors at Los Angeles Superior Court on June 28, 2013.  After more than 20 years of providing cost-saving options to litigants, the Court has determined that due to an extreme budget shortfall ADR will cease providing...

Edmund G. Brown Jr. Note: Gov. Jerry Brown appoints people to various state committees and commissions nearly every business day. Usually the appointees span the political spectrum. On Thursday, Brown filled vacancies on superior court benches throughout the state; most appointees were Democrats, but...