
Commissioner Anthony C. Filosa remembers the day Los Angeles Municipal Court bought its first Xerox machine in 1961. He was working in the mail room at that time, running mimeograph machines and sorting mail for the judges. Over the next decade, Filosa worked his way up to court administrator in Beverly Hills, a job he held while attending law school at night. By the time he was hired by the Los Angeles Municipal Court judges in February 1988, his tenure in the two municipal co... (continued)