Mar. 27, 2026
Judge refuses to move malpractice case after 'hot mic' controversy
Blake J. Lindemann argued the transfer to Superior Court Judge Bradley S. Phillips in the same courthouse happened hours after Judge Mark H. Epstein's recusal and did not follow the court's random assignment procedures.
A supervising Los Angeles County judge on Thursday declined to move a post-mistrial malpractice case out of Santa Monica following a judge's "hot mic" remarks, rejecting claims by the plaintiff's counsel that the reassignment was not random and the case was improperly steered to the recused judge's friend and former law partner.
The motion, filed by Beverly Hills attorney Blake J. Lindemann, stems from a dispute over how the case was reassigned after Superior...
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