Los Angeles County (Downey)
Career Highlights: Elected commissioner by the judges of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, December 2008; partner, Wise Pearce Yocis & Smith, Long Beach, 2000-09; president, Long Beach Bar Association, 2005; partner, Wise Weizorek Timmons & Wise, Long Beach, 1984-2000; associate, Wise & Nelson, Long Beach, 1979-84
Law School: Duke University School of Law
Career Highlights: Elected commissioner by the judges of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, December 2008; partner, Wise Pearce Yocis & Smith, Long Beach, 2000-09; president, Long Beach Bar Association, 2005; partner, Wise Weizorek Timmons & Wise, Long Beach, 1984-2000; associate, Wise & Nelson, Long Beach, 1979-84
Law School: Duke University School of Law
By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
DOWNEY - Commissioner Michael J. Pearce, known for his soothing English accent and slightly dry British wit, presides over a criminal post-conviction department.
In other words, Pearce quips, "the Department of Lame Excuses."
Some probation violators and Proposition 36 court drop-outs have reasonable explanations for their failure to comply with court orders, the freshman commissioner allows. So ... (continued)
