Hon. Enrique Romero
Case Manager: Dorene Kanoh
Tel: (415) 772-0900 Ext. 10
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JUDICIAL OFFICES HELD
1992 - 1999: Superior Court Judge, Los Angeles County
Assignments included: Individual Calendar, Central Civil; Supervising
Judge of the South Central District; Family Law, Probate, Master Civil
Calendar, Law and Motion Calendar Assignments in South Central District.
As a Superior Court Judge, Judge Romero sat in various committees,
including the Executive Committee, the Supervising Judges’ Committee,
the Bench/Bar Local Rules Committee, and the Complex Construction
Defects Task Force.
1988 – 1991: Municipal Court Judge, Los Angeles
In addition, Judge Romero served in a number of Judicial Council
committees, including the Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee to
the Judicial Council, and participated in a number of educational
seminars for judges sponsored by the Judicial Council.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
For the last 15 years, Judge Romero has settled hundreds of cases
averaging between $300 million - $500 million in settlements each year.
Judge Romero has extensive experience in, among other areas,
environmental insurance coverage cases, eminent domain, all aspects of
wrongful termination, product liability cases, massive toxic tort
litigation, class actions, complex business litigation, intellectual
property, entertainment law, complex construction defects cases,
insurance coverage and bad faith, legal, accounting and medical
malpractice, police misconduct, civil rights litigation and complex
business dissolution cases. As a judge, Judge Romero conducted
settlements in other states besides California and in the United Kingdom
in cases involving Lloyds of London.
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant United States Attorney in the Office of the United States
Attorney for the Central District of California; Special Assistant
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Special
Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights
Division of the United States Department of Justice; Trial Attorney,
Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division, United States Department
of Justice; civil practice in San Francisco. As an attorney, Judge
Romero tried over 70 jury trials in federal courts throughout the United
States and handled over 30 appeals before the United States Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals.
EDUCATION
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, Master of Laws in Taxation (1980)
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO LAW SCHOOL, J.D. (1976)
UCLA, Master of Public Administration, (1970)
UCLA, B.A. (Spanish), (1969)
UCLA, B.A. (History), (1968)
HONORS/AWARDS
2001 – 2010 Daily Journal California “Top Neutral”
2005 – 2010 The Hollywood Reporter "Entertainment Power Mediator"
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