
Career Highlights: Joined Judicate West, November 2022; retired October 21, 2022 from the Los Angeles County Superior Court, appointed by Gov. Pete Wilson, 1998; judge, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1995-98; assistant U.S. attorney, Los Angeles, 1991-95; LaFolette, Johnson DeHaas & Felser, 1989-91; Torres & Brenner, 1988-89; Ahrens & Associates, 1987-88; Hillsinger & Costanzo, 1981-87.
Law School: Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1981
Judicate West
LOS ANGELES — When folk singer John Prine died last year, in the midst of stay-at-home orders, Judge Mark V. Mooney grabbed his mandolin and joined a music group of mostly judges and lawyers who met via Zoom once a week.
Mooney said he still meets with the Zoom group every Sunday to play Prine songs and other covers.
“It was only supposed to be a one afternoon deal but then we said, ‘Yeah, that was ... (continued)