Hon. Dzintra Janavs
Case Manager: Terry Shea
Tel: (213) 683-1600 Ext. 40
E-Mail
EDUCATION
Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D.
San Jose State University, B.A. in Economics, Summa Cum Laude
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1962-1986 United States Attorney’s Office, Los Angeles
1977-1986 First Assistant Chief of the Civil Division
1974-1977 Assistant Chief of the Civil Division
1962-1973 Assistant United States Attorney
JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS, LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
1999-2008 Writs & Receivers Department, Central District
1992-1999 Trial Judge, Central Civil Courthouse
1990-1991 Supervising Judge, Writs & Receivers and Law & Motion
Departments,
Central Civil Courthouse
1989 Writs & Receivers and Law & Motion Departments, Central Civil
Courthouse
1988 Law and Motion Department, Central Civil Courthouse
1986-1987 Superior Court Trial Judge, Southwest Branch, Norwalk (Civil,
Criminal, Probate, Family Law Trials)
JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1990-2008
Ad Hoc Committee to Standardize Local Rules, 1996
BAJI Committee, 1995-2004
Federal/State Court Liaison Committee, 1993
Settlement and Protracted Litigation Committee, 1990-1992
LA County Bench & Bar Committee, 1989-1990
Judicial Orientation and Continuing Education Committee, 1988-1993
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1970-1997
Continuing Education of the Bar Committee, 1967-1971
Minority Student Law Mentor Program, 1991
California State University Los Angeles, Judges Extern Program
Federal Bar Association, 1970-1986
Treasurer, LA Chapter, 1974
Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, 1960s
National Association of Women Judges
California Judges Association
AWARDS
Department of Justice Meritorious Service Award, 1967
Department of Justice Director’s Award for Superior Performance, 1981
Member of the Executive Office, US Attorney’s Office Evaluation Team,
1983-1985
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1980 Commissioner’s Special
Citation, 1980
Los Angeles County Bar Association, Litigation Section, Certificate of
Appreciation, 1998
TEACHING, LECTURING, CONSULTING
Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, Loyola Law School, 1987-1989
Member of Faculty of College Advocacy, Hastings College of Law, 1974
CEB California Writ Practice, 4th Edition, Judicial Consultant,
2007-2008
Cal State LA Undergraduate Judicial Extern Program Participant,
1994-2008
CJER “Civil Proceedings Before Trial” and “Trial” Consultant, 1994-2008
Ass’n of Environmental Professionals, LA “CEQA Litigation” Lecturer,
February 2006
California Receivers Forum, “Receivers Versus Provisional Directors”
Panelist, January 2004
LACBA, Professional and Post-Judgment Remedies Section
“Breakfast With the Experts” Panelist, 2001-2007
“Practicing in the Writs and Receivers Department” Author, Metropolitan
News Enterprise New Admittee Handbook 2001
LACBA, Land Use, Planning & Environmental Law Section
“CEQA Writs and Other Land Use Writs” Lecturer, October 2001
LA Lawyers Club, “Tips from the Bench on Department 85” October 2001
LACBA, Litigation Section, “From Judge to Jury” Panelist, February 1998
Continuing Legal Education Program, LACBA, Litigation Inn of Court
“How to Deal with Difficult Opposing Counsel” Panelist, March 1995
“Do’s and Don’ts of Jury Instruction” Panelist, April 1997
San Fernando Valley Bar Association
“Image of the Legal Profession” Panelist, September 1995
Continuing Legal Education Program, LACBA, Labor & Employment Law
Section
“Trade Secrets, Covenants Not to Compete and the Mobile Empoyee”
Panelist, May 1995
Bancroft-Whitney, California Civil Practice Consultant, 1992-1994
LATLA Seminar on Fast Track, Panelist, July 1992
CEB Program “Injunctions: Why, When and How” Moderator, November 1991
ABTL 18th Annual Seminar: “Cross-Examination of Parties” Panelist,
October 1991
ABTL “Law and Motion 1990: New Faces, New Rules” Panelist, February 1990
CJER 1989 Civil Law and Practice Institute for Trial Court Judges
Lecturer, “Wrongful Termination”
ABTL “The Eighth Floor 1989: Law, Motion, Writs and Receivers” Panelist,
February 1989
Rutter Group “Discovery” (Panelist, October 1988) and “Summary Judgment
and Summary Adjudication of Issues (Panelist, June 1995)
Lecturer and Panel Member at various Department of Justice programs
regarding government tort litigation, 1981-1985
Department of Justice Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute
Civil Trial Advocacy Course, Instructor, Washington DC 1974-1982
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