Hon. Anita Shapiro, Comm.
EDUCATION
1965 – 1966 New York University School of Law, Graduate Division,
studied Tax Law
1965 University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
LL.B.
1961 Mills College, Oakland, California, B.A., Psychology
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of
Law, Mediation Training and Advanced Mediation Skills
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
1982 – 1997 Commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Judicial Assignments: Civil Law & Motion (seven years), Trials, (three
years), Family Law (five years), Probate (five years). All assignments
included extensive settlement experience.
1977 – 1982 Senior Judicial Attorney, California Courts of Appeal, San
Bernardino, California
1971 – 1977 Senior Judicial Attorney, Los Angeles, California
Wrote approximately 1,100 proposed opinions in cases on appeal and writs
1969 – 1970 Associate Editor, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Co., wrote
annotations for A.L.R.3d, A.L.R. Fed and L.Ed.2d
1968 Deputy City Prosecutor, Pasadena, California
1967 – 1968 Private Law Practice, Pasadena, California
1961 – 1962 Office Auditor, Internal Revenue Service, San Francisco,
California
TEACHING
1990 Adjunct Faculty: Southwestern University School of Law
1981 California State University, Fullerton
1979 – 1983 Western State University College of Law
BAR ADMISSIONS
1988 District of Columbia
1969 New York
1966 California
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• California Judges Association Ethics Comm.
• California Court Commissioners Association Board of Directors
• California Women Lawyers Board of Governors
• Los Angeles County Superior Court Rules Comm.
• Los Angeles County Bar Association Court Improvements Comm.
• Constitutional Rights Foundation Volunteer
• Friends Outside National Board of Directors (member, Vice President,
President)
• Awarded Friends Outside President’s Award for Distinguished Service
SPECIALTIES
• General Civil, including Personal Injury, Employment, Medical and
Professional Malpractice, Real Estate, Business Litigation, Public
Entity Law, Maritime, Contract Disputes, Premises Liability, Products
Liability, Construction Defects, Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith,
Commercial, Land Use, Environmental Law, Subsidence Litigation
• Family Law
• Probate, including Will Contests, Trusts and Conservatorships
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