
Career Highlights: Retired June 11, 2021. Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2008; administrative law judge, state Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, Los Angeles, 2001-08; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 1981-2001; deputy federal public defender, Los Angeles, 1978-81; associate, Wyman, Bautzer, Rothman & Kuchel, Los Angeles, 1977-78; assistant U.S. attorney, New York City, 1976-77; special attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, New York City, 1974-76
Law School: UCLA School of Law, 1974
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - Mike Abzug ponders his high school days - or as he calls them, "the lost years." Abzug spent more time collecting speeding tickets than taking class notes. His first car was a 1960 Porche. "I blew it up in six months," he said. "I was young and dumb." He finally "woke up" his senior year, he said, earning grades good enough to get him into the UC system - although in thos... (continued)