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Jul. 6, 2023

Judge Robert Draper, a former business litigator, became a judge when most retire

LA judge is friendly but won't put up with games, attorneys say

Read more about Robert S. Draper...
Los Angeles County Superior Court

For a quarter century, Robert S. Draper was a legendary business attorney in downtown Los Angeles, representing a "Who's Who" of the business world on high-profile cases with clients such as Lockheed Corp., Ernest and Julio Gallo, IBM, Price Waterhouse, General Electric and Tenet Healthcare.

In a world where settling cases is the norm, Draper relished going to trial as a senior partner at O'Melveny & Myers and was... (continued)

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