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Hon. Eli Chernow (Ret.)

Hon. Eli Chernow (Ret.)


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EDUCATION:

  • (1964) J.D., Harvard Law School, magna cum laude; Editor, Harvard Law Review

  • (1961) B.S., California Institute of Technology; Major: Mathematics

  • (1964-1965) Harvard University, Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellow

JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE:

  • (1977-1993) Judge, Superior Court, Los Angeles County Assignments included criminal, civil law and discovery, family law and fast track courts.

LEGAL/PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

  • (1975-1977) Assistant to Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., environmental matters

  • (1972-1974) Associate Professor of Law, USC Law Center, Courses taught included evidence, corporations and environmental law.

  • (1965-1972) Partner, Tuttle & Taylor, Los Angeles, California, specialization:
    commercial litigation

ADR CAREER:

(September 1993-present) private dispute resolution, including mediation, arbitration,
discovery reference, settlement conferences and private judging

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Family Law, Personal Injury, Real Property, Environmental, Complex Commercial/Business, Entertainment, Corporate Governance, Intellectual Property, Legal Malpractice, Trade Secrets, Unfair Trade Practices, Employment, Insurance Coverage/Bad Faith, Probate, Breach of Contract, Partnership Dissolution

HONORS / AWARDS:

  • Honored as one of the Top Entertainment Mediators selected by The Hollywood Reporter ESQ. in 2007

  • Selected by the Los Angeles Daily Journal as one of California's Top Neutrals in 2003

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS:

LEGAL

  • Board of Directors, Association of Business Trial Lawyers (1988-1994)

  • Member, Family & Juvenile Court Advisory Committee, Judicial Council of California (1993-1996)

  • Member, Executive Committee, Litigation Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association (1993-1996)

  • Member, Executive Committee, Family Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association (1991-1993)

  • Member, Executive Committee, Lawyers Conference, Judicial Division of the American Bar Association (1998-present)

COMMUNITY

  • Board of Directors, Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles (1993-1994)

  • Advisory Board, Fulfillment Fund, Los Angeles (1986-1990)

  • Board of Directors, Stephen S. Wise Temple (1973-1983)

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Co-author, California Practice Guide: Civil Trial & Evidence, published by the Rutter Group

  • "Video in the Courtroom - More Than a Talking Head," Litigation, The Journal of the ABA Litigation Section (Fall, 1988)

  • “Sanctions – Remedies That are Right California Litigation,” Journal of California State Bar Litigation Section, Vol. 1, No. 1.

  • “Choosing an Expert Witness for Real Estate Appraisal,” Co-author, Beverly Hills Bar Journal (1993)

  • Contributor, Shalom Bayit, A Jewish Response to Child Abuse and Domestic Violence, (1993)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Assoc. Professor of Law, USC Law Center, for corporations, environmental law and evidence (1972-1974)

INTERESTS:

Reading, Traveling and Theatre

AVAILABLE:

Throughout Southern California


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