Hon. Thomas Schneider
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE
Supervising Judge, Northwest District, 1997-98. Assistant Supervising
Judge, Northwest District, Los Angeles, 1995-96. Member, court’s Grand
and Trial Jurors Committee, Judicial Orientation Committee, and
Personnel and Budget Committee, 1985, 1997, and 1998.
Appointed [succeeding Judge Edward Newell Barrett, retired] by Governor
Brown Jr. Dec. 24, 1980 (oath Dec. 31, 1980), elected in 1982
(unopposed), and reelected in subsequent elections.
Areas of expertise:
Construction, Real Property (Knowledgeable on CREIA Issues and
Standards), Business/Commercial Contract, Personal Injury, Product
Liability, Medical Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Insurance Coverage,
Employment, Family Law, and Discovery Reference.
OTHER JUDICIAL OFFICE
Served as Associate Justice pro tempore, Court of Appeal, Second
Appellate District, in 1984.
PRIOR LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Private law practice, Beverly Hills, California, 1962-80 (partner,
Mazirow & Schneider, which became Mazirow, Schneider & Forer, and then
Mazirow, Schneider, Forer & Lawrence). Worked briefly in 1962 with State
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
EDUCATION
J.D. (1961), Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California;
B.A. (1958, Business and Economics), University of San Francisco, San
Francisco, California; A.A. (1956), City College of San Francisco,
California. Judge Schneider also has education and experience in the
home inspection industry.
MEMBERSHIPS/AWARDS
Member: California Judges Association, 1981 - Former Advisory Board
member, Hastings College of the Law Alumni Association, 1983.
TEACHING/LECTURES/PANELIST
Participant: The Rutter Group programs, Effective Trial Skills, April
1992 (panelist); and Real Estate Litigation, Dec. 1991 (panelist); and
CEB program, Civil Litigation During Trial, 1986 and 1985 (speaker).
Speaker, Profile of a Good Expert Witness, Litigation Section,
California Certified Public Accountants, April 1990. Guest Lecturer
(Real Estate Law), Woodbury University, Los Angeles, 1981. Instructor
(Real Estate Law), West Los Angeles Community College, 1976-78. Moot
Court Judge, Pepperdine University School of Law, 1983. I.H. Prinzmetal
Competition Evaluator and Judge, 1982; Guest Lecturer and Panel Member
(1966) San Fernando Valley Walk Through Program for new Admittees;
American Bar Association, Panel Member, Legal Education Program (May,
1996) – “Mediating Particular Complex Disputes.”
PUBLICATIONS
Contributor to 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, and 1982 Family Law
Symposium, Los Angeles County Bar Association Handbook. Contributing
author and lecturer, Society of Industrial Real Estate, 1987.
Contributing author of miscellaneous articles, Law Magazine, 1984.
Author of article re Civil Jury Selection, Los Angeles Daily Journal,
April 22, 1983; MCLE Lecturer, “Civil Procedure and Master Calendar,”
San Fernando Bar Association, 1995.
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