Los Angeles Superior Court
Robert Mallano Former Presiding Judge  

Born Oct. 7, 1938 BA, Yale University, 1960 LLB, University of California at Berkeley, 1963 (Order of the Coif, Law Review Associate Editor) Studied Canon Law, St. Thomas Acquinas University, Rome and Comparative Law, University of Rome. Admitted to State Bar, 1964 Appointed to South Bar Municipal Court, 1978 (Brown) Elevated to Superior Court, 1980 (Brown) Presiding Judge, 1993, 1994
Law Practice: Sole  practitioner, Torrance, 1976-78 Partner, Hitchcock, Bowman, Mallano & Poole, 1969-76 Deputy District Attorney, 1966-69 Associate, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, 1964-66
Bar Activities: Founding member, Italian American Lawyers Assn.
Honors: Metropolitan News-Enterprise 1994 "Person of the Year"
Comments: Intelligent, skillful, even-handed. Keeps trials moving at brisk pace. Credited with having done outstanding job as presiding judge, quickly mending fences following two-year reign of a confrontational predecessor.


LINKS Personality Profile,  March 8, 1993 Personality Profile, Dec. 31, 1993 Photos from Italian American Lawyers Assn. 1993 "Roast" (IALA Homepage)
NEWS ARTICLES: Mallano Names 6 Women Judges to Head Superior Court Committees, Dec. 31, 1993 Superior Court Presiding Judge Robert Mallano Lauded at 'Person of the Year' Dinner, Jan. 10, 1994 Judicial Council Names Mallano Jurist of the Year, Nov. 21, 1996


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