Los Angeles County (South District)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis, 2003; founding partner, Altman, Otto & Kong, Long Beach, 2002-03; of counsel, John Hill & Associates, Torrance, 2000-01; non-equity partner, Kroll, Rubin & Fiorella LLP, Los Angeles, 1999-2000; managing partner, senior partner, Cummins & White LLP, Los Angeles, 1978-99; associate, Cummins, White & Breidenbach, Los Angeles, 1974-78
Law School: Northwestern Univeristy Pritzker School of Law, 1974
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis, 2003; founding partner, Altman, Otto & Kong, Long Beach, 2002-03; of counsel, John Hill & Associates, Torrance, 2000-01; non-equity partner, Kroll, Rubin & Fiorella LLP, Los Angeles, 1999-2000; managing partner, senior partner, Cummins & White LLP, Los Angeles, 1978-99; associate, Cummins, White & Breidenbach, Los Angeles, 1974-78
Law School: Northwestern Univeristy Pritzker School of Law, 1974
By Connie Lopez
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LONG BEACH - Last month, Judge James D. Otto gave friends and colleagues a tour of his Spanish-style 1924 home. All the while, his career hung in the balance.
"That kept me distracted," Otto said of the tour, which took his attention from the June 5 election, in which Kenneth Hughey, a retired deputy city attorney, attempted to unseat the supervising judge of the court's South District in Long Beac... (continued)
