Michael L. Stern

Title	Court	Published
‘Tough Judge’	Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)	Sep. 1, 2021
Judge Michael L. Stern	Los Angeles Superior	Feb. 3, 2004

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Title	Category	Published
Memorable court moments	Jan. 5, 2024
Two artists, two visions, one courthouse	Dec. 11, 2023
George Harrison rocks the Mosk Courthouse	Jul. 11, 2023
“Who Killed Jane Stanford”	Dec. 15, 2022
Beyond the paper chase	Sep. 16, 2022
It’s Time to End Contested Superior Court Judicial Elections	May 3, 2022
Justice John Marshall Harlan's vision of America, founded on the concept of equality for all	Mar. 14, 2022
‘Darrow’s Nightmare: Los Angeles 1911-1913,’ by Nelson Johnson	Oct. 18, 2021
The decline and fall of court appearance decorum	Aug. 19, 2021
Service of process by email: A modest 21st century proposal	Jun. 29, 2021
Cruz Reynoso: A man who stood for justice, 1931-2021	May 17, 2021
Racism, birthers and the rule of law in early California	Sep. 28, 2020
Cross-examination: Avoiding ambush by witness	Jul. 31, 2020
Philip Saeta: A great trial judge	Feb. 4, 2020
Time moves on at Stanley Mosk	Dec. 16, 2019
Bridging two centuries of developing American law	Oct. 17, 2019
The Compassionate Side of Judge Manuel Real	Jul. 15, 2019
The 2 sides of Los Angeles lawyer Stephen M. White	Apr. 24, 2019
Happy 60th birthday to Stanley Mosk Courthouse	Oct. 31, 2018
Football in the field of law	Sep. 10, 2018
Attaining equal justice	Jun. 18, 2018
Judge Harry Pregerson was an American hero	Dec. 5, 2017
Passing the bar	Oct. 18, 2017
A lawyer and a lying president	Jul. 17, 2017
Greatest witch hunt? Don't forget Lincoln	Jun. 2, 2017
Greatest witch hunt? Don't forget Lincoln	May 31, 2017
What would Honest Abe do?	Apr. 16, 2015
Lawyer Lincoln's lesser-known lighter side	Feb. 13, 2015
Take me out to the courthouse...	Sep. 25, 2014
A rare glimpse of LA law in the 19th century	Aug. 26, 2013
Saving the soul of public justice	Oct. 4, 2012

Case	Category	Published
Enmark v. KC Community Care affirmed	Arbitration	Sep. 26, 2024
Campbell v. Los Angeles Unified School Dist. affirmed	Civil Procedure	May 21, 2024
Hodges v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center affirmed	Disability Discrimination	May 22, 2023
Castelo v. Xceed Financial Credit Union affirmed	Contracts	May 18, 2023
The Kennedy Commission v. City of Huntington Beach affirmed	Civil Procedure	May 12, 2023
Darby v. Sisyphian, LLC affirmed	Arbitration	Jan. 27, 2023
Malloy v. Superior Court (Comprehensive Print Group) petition granted	Employment Discrimination	Sep. 19, 2022
Gutierrez v. Chopard USA Ltd. affirmed	Remedies	Aug. 22, 2022
Quach v. California Commerce Club reversed and remanded	Arbitration	May 12, 2022
Melendez v. Westlake Services, Inc. affirmed	Consumer Law	Jan. 31, 2022
Modification: North American Title Co. v. Gugasyan affirmed	Torts	Jan. 26, 2022
North American Title Co. v. Gugasyan affirmed	Torts	Dec. 30, 2021
Bruni v. The Edward Thomas Hospitality Corporation affirmed	Employment Law	May 19, 2021
Simgel Co., Inc. v. Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC affirmed	Civil Procedure	Oct. 5, 2020
Gamma Eta Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha v. Helvey reversed and remanded	Contracts	Feb. 10, 2020
Mathews v. Becerra reversed and remanded	Constitutional Law	Dec. 27, 2019
People v. Suh affirmed	Insurance	Jul. 10, 2019
Rand Resources, LLC v. City of Carson affirmed in part	Anti-SLAPP	Feb. 5, 2019
Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court affirmed	Employment Law	May 1, 2018
Nutrition Distribution, LLC v. Southern SARMS, Inc. affirmed	Civil Procedure	Feb. 5, 2018
JetSuite v. County of Los Angeles affirmed	Tax	Oct. 11, 2017

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
Amir Rofougaran, Christine Collins, Lauren Lindstrom, Hooman Baratipour v. Dept. of Water and Power of the City of Los Angeles, and Does 1 through 20, inclusive	Real Property	judge	Oct. 4, 2024
California Labor Commissioner v. Calcrete Inc., et al.	Employment Law	judge	Feb. 9, 2024
Cassaforte Limited v. Jhonalyn Jhoiey Ramirez and Studio Jhoiey, Inc.	Contracts	judge	Sep. 22, 2023
APS&EE, LLC v. Jo-Ann Stores LLC, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive	Consumer Law	judge	Oct. 15, 2021
Shefa LMV Inc. v. MiWorld Accessories LLC	Consumer Law	judge	Jun. 26, 2020
ABV Group, Inc. et al. v. Alon Ben David, et al.	Contracts	judge	May 29, 2020
Nicole Birden v. The Regents of the University of California, and Does 1 to 50	Employment Law	judge	Dec. 6, 2019
Fred Hall v. City of Los Angeles, and Does 1 to 10	Employment Law	judge	Nov. 17, 2017
Quincy Jones, an individual and dba Quincy Jones Productions v. MJJ Productions Inc., Sony Music Entertainment, and Does 1 through 50	Contracts	judge	Sep. 22, 2017
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Apr. 8, 2006
Duan'ne Monique Land, by and through her guardian ad litem, Frank Canada v. Los Angeles Unified School District, Earl Perkins, Deborah Gayle, et al.	Personal Injury	judge	Feb. 18, 2006
Jose Ruiz v. Hollywood Forever Inc., et al.	Contracts	judge	Dec. 10, 2005
Vardanush Oganian v. Beno Nersissian	Personal Injury	judge	Dec. 10, 2005
Linda Wang v. Charles Xue	Securities	judge	Sep. 3, 2005
David A. Jones v. Harvey A. Zarem, Harvey A. Zarem, M.D. Inc. a Corporation, Gina Rockford	Torts	judge	Aug. 6, 2005
Bart Trevino v. Neighborhood Partners, Overhead Door, Vortex Industries	Personal Injury	judge	Jun. 1, 2005
Diane Nistler v. Penn Mar Therapeutic Center, Gary Schlecter	Personal Injury	judge	May 24, 2005
Alison O'Neill v. Carlos Rodriguez, Irma Rodriguez, Philip Bouchereau, Philip Bouchereau Realty, Jerry Kessler, A. Tovar Termite and Pest Control	Real Property	judge	Mar. 29, 2005
Chuk Isak v. Dae Sik Lee	Contracts	judge	Nov. 30, 2004
Frank Tsushima v. Max Koemans	Contracts	judge	Nov. 23, 2004
Gemini Aluminum Corporation v. Regency Aluminum Products Inc.	Contracts	judge	Mar. 16, 2004
Rosa Bravo as Sister and Guardian ad Litem for Maria Velazquez v. Laidlaw Transit Inc.	Personal Injury	judge	Dec. 9, 2003
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Aug. 5, 2003
Erika Berg v. Ronald Darden, D.D.S.	Personal Injury	judge	Aug. 5, 2003
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Apr. 1, 2003
Dwight Harlow v. Jacob Rispler, The Laser and Dermatology Institute	Personal Injury	judge	Feb. 25, 2003
Carolina Cisneros v. Monumental Life Insurance Company	Insurance	judge	Feb. 25, 2003
Joseph Chammas and Zelia Chammas v. Fresh and Green	Personal Injury	judge	Feb. 25, 2003
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Feb. 19, 2003
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Jan. 22, 2003
Jose Lerma, Christina Lerma v. Mahipal Shah	Personal Injury	judge	Dec. 31, 2002
JPL International Diffusion Inc. v. John Paul Mitchell Systems	Contracts		Oct. 18, 2001
Rodrigo Castillo v. Bishop Garcia Diego High School, Todd Orduno, Thomas Orduno, Samantha Orduno	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	Plaintiff	Apr. 5, 2001
Confidential	Intellectual Property	Plaintiff	Nov. 5, 1994
Forsite Professional Products, Inc. v. John Paul Mitchell Systems	Breach of Contract	Defendant	Oct. 30, 1993