Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)
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
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
LOS ANGELES -- Judge Michael Abzug is known for his written rulings on routine motions, sometimes upward of three or four per trial.
Aside from wanting to be thorough, there's a personal reason behind why he does it.
"It's difficult, for me anyway, to speak in complete paragraphs without syntactical disasters and other verbal pratfalls," Abzug said in an email. "So it's a self-defense m... (continued)
