Laurie D. Zelon

Laure D. Zelon is an associate justice of the California's Court of Appeal, 2nd District, Division Seven.[1] Zelon was appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court in 2000, and she was elevated to the Court of Appeal in 2003.[2] Zelon is a past president of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and has served on a variety of statewide judicial committees, including the California Commission on Access to Justice.[1]

Zelon received her B.A. from Cornell in 1974.[1] She graduated from Harvard Law School in 1977, and was admitted to the California State Bar later that year.[3] She was an associate, and then a partner at the Beardsley, Hufstedler & Kemble law firm and its successors from 1977 to 2000.[1] While in private practice, she specialized in complex litigation, involving scientific and technical issues, fiduciary obligations, and large-scale commercial disputes.[1]

An award for pro bono legal advocacy is named after Zelon — the Laurie D. Zelon Pro Bono Award of the Pro Bono Institute of Washington, D.C. — and she was the first recipient.[1] Zelon has also received the William Reece Smith, Jr. Special Services to Pro Bono Award, the Charles Dorsey Award from the National Legal Aid & Defenders Association, and Loren Miller Legal Services Award from the State Bar of California, and the Benjamin Aranda Access to Justice award.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 California Judicial Counsel, Division Seven: JUSTICE LAURIE D. ZELON, http://www.courts.ca.gov/2487.htm
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 California Bar Journal, November 2010, "Justice Laurie Zelon honored with Benjamin Aranda Award"
  3. ↑ Metropolitan News-Enterprise, 9-23-2010, "Justice Laurie Zelon to Receive 2010 Aranda Access to Justice Award,"