2nd District (Los Angeles)
Career Highlights: Retired August 31, 2020 from the California Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate District, Division 7, appointed 2003; appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2000; civil litigator, Morrison & Foerster, 23 years; litigator, Hufstedler, Kaus & Ettinger
Judicate West
Career Highlights: Retired August 31, 2020 from the California Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate District, Division 7, appointed 2003; appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2000; civil litigator, Morrison & Foerster, 23 years; litigator, Hufstedler, Kaus & Ettinger
Judicate West
Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Fairly soon after Justice Laurie D. Zelon joined the 2nd District Court of Appeal in the fall of 2003, she realized that people representing themselves on appeal without lawyers need help.
"I got here, and I looked at the briefs we get from self-represented litigants," she said. "It's hard for them. It's got to be the most terrifying thing in the world to walk in and see ... (continued)
