Hon. David A. Horowitz
Judge Horowitz has adjudicated thousands of cases from initial filing through final resolution. A master of process and settlement, he will be able to immediately be effective as an arbitrator, mediator or referee on a wide variety of matters including business litigation, legal and medical malpractice, real estate, intellectual property and entertainment law, employment, and cases involving international issues.
Judicial Career
| 1981-2002 | Los Angeles Superior Court Judge |
| 1990-Present | Civil Fast Track, Direct Setting Assignment: adjudicating all varieties of civil litigation. Adjudicated thousands of cases; from initial filing through final resolution |
| 1988-1990 | Los Angeles Superior Court Supervising Judge, Criminal Division. Supervised 100+ Judges of the Los Angeles Superior Court and was in charge of the Grand Jury |
| 1980-1981 | Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge |
Education
| 1963-1966 | UCLA School of Law; J.D. President, Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity Executive Committee, Student Bar Association Chair, Student-Faculty Relations Committee and Professor Lecture Series |
| 1959-1963 | University of California Berkeley; B.A. in Economics. |
Awards
- ABA Excellence in State Justice Initiatives Award - 1999
- Criminal Courts Bar Association Judge of the Year Award - 1986
Current Activities
| 1990-Present | Member, Law and Justice Committee, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce |
| 1997-Present | Member, Council, ABA Judicial Division |
| 1997-Present | ABA Judicial Division Liaison to the ABA Section of Litigation: Helped to draft and implement ABA Civil Trial Practice Standards and ABA Civil Discovery Standards; developed and participated in education programs for civil litigators and judges; represented the interests of the judiciary in developing programs with the 60,000 member Section of Litigation. |
| 2001-Present | ABA Judicial Division Liaison to the ABA Section of International Law |
| 2001-Present | Member, Advisory Council to the ABA Standing Committee on Judicial Independence and Special Advisor to the ABA Commission on the 21st Century Judiciary |
Legal Activities and Community Affairs
| 2000-2001 | Chair, ABA Judicial Division |
| 1993-2000 | Vice Chair and Chair-Elect, ABA Judicial Division: Developed significant judicial education programs; created the Judges Network, a national judicial community outreach program; civil discovery standards; civil trial practice standards; ADR programs, i.e., Mediation for Judges, and developed national programs to improve the fair administration of justice, including the adoption of ABA Judicial Retirement Standards. |
| 1996-1997 | Chair, ABA National Conference of State Trial Judges |
| 1994-1996 | Vice Chair and Chair Elect, ABA National Conference of State Trial Judges. |
| 1985-1992 | Member, Executive Committee, Chaired various committees and programs |
| 1994-1996 | Co-Chair, ABA National Conference of Lawyers and Representatives of the Media: The conference developed, together with representatives of the newspaper, radio and television industry, joint education programs; standards for news coverage of the justice system; and published The Reporters Key, which was intended to explain the ABA's Criminal Justice Standards for Fair Trial and Free Press so that journalists will know the concerns of and constraints on the legal/judicial system. |
| 1995-1998 | Member, BAJI Committee: drafted and adopted civil jury instructions |
| 1988-1990 | Vice-Chair, CALJIC Committee: drafted and adopted criminal jury instructions |
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