Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2015; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 2000-15; partner, Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP, Los Angeles, 1993-2000; partner, Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP, Los Angeles, 1988-93; associate, Wyman, Bautzer, Kuchel & Silbert, Los Angeles, 1986-88; associate, Golenbock & Barell, New York, 1981-85
Law School: The Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary, 1981
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2015; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 2000-15; partner, Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP, Los Angeles, 1993-2000; partner, Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP, Los Angeles, 1988-93; associate, Wyman, Bautzer, Kuchel & Silbert, Los Angeles, 1986-88; associate, Golenbock & Barell, New York, 1981-85
Law School: The Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary, 1981
LOS ANGELES — Judge Timothy Dillon doesn’t wait until lunchtime to let people head to the cafeteria. He’ll send parties there any hour of the day, encouraging people to talk.
Although he taps daily settlement officers to help resolve his family law cases, the judge believes having parties sit down at the same dining table can be a good way for them to share information.
“It’s a healthy ... (continued)
