Law Practice,
Judges and Judiciary
Jun. 15, 2020
Civil court closures will have lasting impact
COVID-19 has turned the world as we know it upside-down, but it has done quite a number on the civil court system. In its rush to close courts to protect public health, the California Judicial Council and the Los Angeles County courts have set civil litigants back to a point from which it will be difficult to recover.





Gerald L. Sauer
Partner
Sauer & Wagner LLP
litigation, intellectual property, business law
1801 Century Park E Ste 1150
Los Angeles , CA 90067-2331
Phone: (310) 712-8102
Fax: (310) 712-8108
Email: gsauer@swattys.com
UC Hastings
Gerald Sauer is a founding partner at Sauer & Wagner LLP in Los Angeles. He has been litigating for 34 years, and specializes in intellectual property and business law. He can be reached at (310) 712-8102 or by email at gsauer@swattys.com
COVID-19 has turned the world as we know it upside-down, but it has done quite a number on the civil court system. In its rush to close courts to protect public health, the California Judicial Council and the Los Angeles County courts have set civil litigants back to a point from which it will be difficult to recover.
Relegated to the back of the line behind "essential" matters such as criminal, delinquency, dependency, family and m...
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