PRACTICE AREAS
Business/Commercial, Construction Defect, Discovery, Employment, Entertainment, Family Law, Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith, Intellectual Property, Professional Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Probate, Real Estate.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION EXPERIENCE
Judge Crispo’s tenure as a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge included nearly a decade assigned to a Direct Civil Calendar, where he resolved a wide range of civil disputes. Since his retirement from the bench, he has mediated and arbitrated virtually every kind of case. Known for his ability to achieve consensus, Judge Crispo combines insight, knowledge of the law and a command of the settlement process.
A legal professional for more than 40 years, Judge Crispo began his career as a Deputy City Attorney for the City of Los Angeles. He worked as a sole practitioner, associate and later Of Counsel to the firm of Gilbert, Thompson & Kelly before becoming a partner at Breidenbach, Swainston, Crispo & Way, where he remained until he was appointed to the Superior Court.
Judge Crispo served on countless judicial committees and panels and has been a faculty member and frequent lecturer for a number of educational and legal institutions.
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ORGANIZATIONS & ACHIEVEMENTS
 Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference Delegate and Ex-Officio
Chair: State Bar Litigation section; Coalition for Justice; Los Angeles County Bar Assn., Judiciary Committee
President: Loyola Law School Alumni Board of Governors; Italian-American Lawyers Assn. of Los Angeles
Member: American Bar Assn.; California Judges Assn.; American Judicature Society; Assn. of Business Trial Lawyers; American Inns of Court; American Board of Trial Advocates; American College of Trial Lawyers.
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EDUCATION & TRAINING
1961, Loyola Law School
1966, Loyola Marymount University
Mediation & Advanced Mediation training, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine
Mediation and Dispute training, National Judicial College
Judge Crispo is available throughout California.
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