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Hon. David B. Finkel
(Ret.)
T: 310.461.1520
F: 310.461.1522 |
EDUCATION:
1959 J.D., University of Southern California
Law School, Los Angeles, California 1951 B.A., University of Chicago, Chicago,
Illinois
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE:
(August 1994-February 2002) Judge, Unified
Santa Monica Superior and Municipal Court (January 2000-February 2002) Judge, Los
Angeles Superior Court (January 1991-January 2000) Judge, Santa
Monica Municipal Court
JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS:
CIVIL JURY AND COURT TRIALS, West District,
Los Angeles Superior Court, 1993-2002 (Santa Monica 1993-2000;
West Los Angeles, 2001-2002) CRIMINAL JURY AND COURT TRIALS, Santa
Monica, January 1991-December 1992 CIVIL TRIAL SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE COURT,
Santa Monica, January 1997-December 1999 PRE-TRIAL PROCEEDINGS including Law and
Motion, Ex Parte Applications, Status Conferences, Pre-Trial
Conferences and Monitoring of Case Management Orders, West
District, 1993-February 2002.
ADR EXPERIENCE:
Arbitrations and Mediations, West District,
January 1993-February 2002 Private Judge, Arbitrator, Mediator,
Discover Referee, and Settlement Conference Officer,
2002-Present Both before and since Judge Finkel ran the
Santa Monica Settlement Conference Court, he conducted weekly
settlement conferences for other Santa Monica judges by
reference.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Highly experienced in civil litigation, both
as a litigator for thirty years and as a judge for eleven years,
in the areas of Product and Design Defects; Professional
Negligence; Admiralty (Jones Act and Unseaworthiness tort
litigation, Libel in Rem, Maintenance and Cure); Labor Law and
Employment Relations (public and private); Personal Injury;
Indemnity; Construction Defects; Condominium Contract and Tort
Disputes involving CC&Rs and the Davis-Sterling Common Interest
Development Act; Contract Disputes; Conflicts of Interest
(choice of forum disputes)
JUDICIAL AND NON-JUDICIAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Faculty, Center for Judicial Education and
Research (CJER), 1994-Present, teaching in fields of Judicial
Ethics, Judicial Fairness, Alternative Dispute Resolution and
Alcohol and Drug Court Programs. Ethics seminars and classes for
college and high school students, at Santa Monica College and
Santa Monica High School.
NON-JUDICIAL ELECTIVE OFFICES HELD:
Member, Santa Monica City Council, 1986-1990 Mayor Pro Tempore, City of Santa Monica,
1988-1990
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS:
Present or former member of various judicial
committees, including CJER Education Committee on Judicial
Fairness; Los Angeles Superior Court Access and Fairness
Committee; California Judges Association Ethics Committee.
PERSONAL:
Married 37 years to Bruria Finkel, artist. Four
children and three grandchildren, all born, and raised and
educated in the primary and secondary schools of Santa Monica,
and presently living, studying, teaching, and working in Santa
Monica, Culver City and Los Angeles.
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