Los Angeles Superior
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael E. Pastor is known as knowledgeable, efficient and always prepared - whether in the courtroom or in the air, lawyers who have practiced before him say.
In recent years, the globe-trotting judge has become well-known for his fixation on frequent-flyer miles.
Pastor, 53, declined to give an interview for this profile. But Deputy Alternate Public Defender Robert F. Cortes, who appears regularly in Pastor's courtroom,... (continued)