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
DOWNEY — The bespectacled Commissioner Michael J. Pearce sat on his bench with a furrowed brow. Leaning forward, he rested his hand on a loosely closed fist and listened intently as a parade of unrepresented parties pleaded their cases.
One man, who told the Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner that he is developmentally disabled, detailed his complaint against a management company that oversees the mobile home... (continued)
