Hon. David Horowitz
Case Manager: Elvira Camacho
Tel: (213) 683-1600 Ext. 37
E-Mail
Judge Horowitz, during his judicial career, adjudicated thousands of
cases from initial filing through final resolution. During his
mediation/arbitration/private judge career he has handled mediations and
arbitrations involving all areas of civil law. He is an effective
neutral on a wide variety of matters including business litigation,
legal and medical malpractice, real estate, intellectual property,
entertainment, commercial, personal injury, premises and product
liability, state anti-trust, and construction defects.
EDUCATION & LEGAL EXPERIENCE
UCLA School of Law, JD, 1966.
University of California at Berkeley, B.A. Economics, 1963.
Judge Horowitz also has education and experience in the home inspection
industry.
Los Angeles County Deputy Public Defender, 1966-1980.
While in law school, Judge Horowitz was active as Chair of the Professor
Lecture Series Program and the Student-Faculty Relations Committee and a
member of the Executive Committee of the Student Bar Association. He was
President of the Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity.
He is a past President of the Barristers of the Los Angeles County Bar
Association and served on the LACBA Board of Trustees for many years. He
helped develop the Landlord/Tenant Settlement Officers Program with the
Los Angeles Municipal Court; assisted in the development of Public
Counsel; helped to develop extensive lawyer education programs; and
served on the first Judicial Evaluation Committee of the LACBA.
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE
Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1981-2002; Assignments in Pasadena,
Van Nuys (criminal, followed by law & motion/writs & receivers), Central
Criminal (3 years as Supervising Judge of Criminal Division), and
Central Civil (13 years).
Judge, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1980-1981
AWARDS
ABA Excellence in State Justice Initiatives Award – 1999
Judge of the Year Award, Criminal Courts Bar Association – 1986
LEGAL ACTIVITIES & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
2013-Present Council Member, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution
2010-2011 Chair-Elect, ABA Lawyers Conference, Judicial Division
Member, Executive Committee, ABA Lawyers Conference
2001-2003 ABA Judicial Division Liaison to the ABA Section of
International Law
2001-2002 Member, Advisory Council to the ABA Standing Committee on
Judicial Independence and
Special Advisor to the ABA Commission on the 21st Century Judiciary
2003-2005 Council Member, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution
1990-2002 Member, Law and Justice Committee, Los Angeles Chamber of
Commerce
1997-2002 ABA Judicial Division Liaisons 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.
2000-2001 Chair, ABA Judicial Division
Established the Judges Network, a national judicial/community outreach
program; developed significant judicial education programs, including
Mediation for Judges, the training of judges in the art of mediation;
civil discovery and trial practice standards; 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, Judicial
Division
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, 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.
1994-1996 Member, BAJI Committee: drafted and adopted civil jury
instructions.
1990-1993 Member, Commission on the Future of the California Courts
(appointed by Chief Justice Malcolm M. Lucas)
The Commission published Justice in the Balance 2020, the Commissions’
vision of justice in the 21st Century.
1988-1990 Vice-Chair, CALJIC Committee: drafted and adopted criminal
jury instructions
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