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Judges and Judiciary

Oct. 14, 2003

Referee Knows How to Protect Children at Risk

LOS ANGELES - Nearing the end of a typically busy day in Referee Anthony A. Trendacosta's juvenile dependency courtroom one day recently, attorneys struggled with the wording of a particularly sensitive stipulation - one that would let a young girl off the hook with her mom for reporting her stepfather's alleged sexual abuse.

Anthony A. Trendacosta
Superior Court Referee
Los Angeles (Children's Court)
Career highlights: Appointed a full-time referee by the Los Angeles Superior Court, 2000; appointed part-time referee, 1998; of-counsel, Law Offices of Donald M. Gindy, 1998-2000; general counsel, Santa Monica Rent Control Boa...

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