This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Judges and Judiciary

Jan. 14, 2004

Some Lawyers Call Jurist Decisive; Others Find Her Difficult

LOS ANGELES - If you're headed to Department K in the Compton Courthouse, you might consider, first, leaving early enough to account for potential delays arising out of the oft-broken courthouse elevators and, second, checking out the judge's Web site: www.judgemarlene.com.

Marlene A. Kristovich
Superior Court Judge
Los Angeles
Career highlights: Elected to Los Angeles Superior Court, 1994; appointed by Gov. George Deukmejian to Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1990; trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, tax division, Washington, D.C., 1990; litigation attorney, U.S. Department of the Treasury, office of the district counsel, 1988-90; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 1978-88; associate, Bezaire,...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Sign up for Daily Journal emails