2nd District, Division 4 (Los Angeles)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles Municipal Court in the 1970s by Gov. Ronald Reagan, elevated to the Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2000, to the 2nd District Appellate Court by Gov. George Deukmejian in 1990, named presiding judge of Division 4 by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2004. Retired August 2018.
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles Municipal Court in the 1970s by Gov. Ronald Reagan, elevated to the Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2000, to the 2nd District Appellate Court by Gov. George Deukmejian in 1990, named presiding judge of Division 4 by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2004. Retired August 2018.
By Blake Edwards
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Justice Norman L. Epstein of the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 4, turned 80 this year. And even after more than 23 years on the appeals court bench, he doesn't appear to be slowing down.
"I love the work," Epstein said. "At some point within the next 10 years I'll retire."
Epstein, who briefly considered a life in academia and is probably most famous fo... (continued)
