Hon. Arnold Levin, Commissioner
Commissioner Arnold Levin served on the Los Angeles Superior Court for 26 years, from 1972 to 1982 and from 1986 until his recent retirement in 2002. His areas of service on the bench included Family Law Court, Law & Motion, Writs and Receivers, Attachments and Writs of Possession, Post Judgment Proceedings, Non-Jury Civil Trials, Rents and Profits Receiverships, and Eminent Domain.

Commissioner Levin has experience as a lawyer and judicial officer in numerous settlement conferences where there was a successful outcome. With his experience of 40 years, he has knowledge of how various businesses operate and of all the steps and pitfalls of litigation. His focus is on creating a calm, civil atmosphere for the parties and counsel and analyzing the problems before him in detail from a neutral point of view. Commissioner Levin also ruled on thousands of discovery motions while in the Law & Motion Department.

Commissioner Levin began his legal career as law clerk to U.S. District Judges William Mathes and Ernest Tolin in the Central District of California. He was in private practice from 1961-72 and 1982-1986, where he focused on business litigation and family law.

ORGANIZATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • Consultant to BAJI and CALJIC Committees; compiler and editor of 5th edition of CALJIC and CALJIC’s report to the California Assembly on reasonable doubt
  • Instructor on course on Judicial Remedies, University of West Los Angeles (1975-78)
  • Member of Joint Bench & Bar Committee on Discovery; drafted proposed legislation and local rules that were adopted (1975-80)
  • Member of Joint Bench & Bar Committee on Trial Delay Reduction; drafted court rules for master calendar (1989-91)
  • Current member of Executive Committee of Pre- and Post-Judgment Remedies Section of the Los Angeles Co. Bar Litigation division

SPECIALIZES IN:

  • Business and Commercial Disputes
  • Real Estate: Sales, Leases and Financing
  • Eminent Domain
  • Intellectual Property
  • Employment Disputes, including
  • Earnings and Stock Options
  • Discovery

EDUCATION:

  • J.D., 1959, Harvard Law School
  • A.B., 1952, UCLA

AVAILABLE LOCATIONS:

Throughout Southern California.