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Judge Clemens served as Commissioner for the
Los Angeles Superior Court, 1991-1996. He presided over family law
direct calendar courts in Central District, 1993-1996 and North
Valley District (San Fernando), 1991-1992.
EXPERIENCE AND SPECIALTIES
Commissioner Clemens presided over family law
trials, mandatory settlement conferences, OSC hearings, law and
motion hearings, ex parte matters, domestic violence cases, mandatory
settlement conferences and voluntary settlement conferences.
In private practice, Commissioner Clemens specialized
in business law and civil litigation, 1973-1979. He served as in-house
counsel for Atlantic Richfield Company, 1979-1984. He practiced
family law, including enforcement of child and spousal support orders,
1985-1991. He is available to resolve family law matters, business
and commercial matters, fee disputes and to serve as a special master
and discovery referee.
SPECIAL COURT ASSIGNMENTS
- Member, Los Angeles Superior Court Family
Law Committee, 1992-1996.
- Member, Los Angeles Superior Court Domestic
Violence Task Force, 1994-1996.
- Member, Los Angeles Superior Court Technology
Committee, 1995-1996.
- Member, Judicial Council Family Court Services
Grants Advisory Committee, 1995.
- Chair, Committee on Revision of Family Law
Court Stipulation Forms, 1994.
PUBLICATIONS
"Family Law Update," (co-authored
with Commissioner James D. Endman and Judge Robert A. Schnider),
annual summary of new California family law cases, related cases,
and new and revised California statutes applicable to family law.
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
2003 (Beverly Hills Bar Association Family Law Update).
"Family Law Support Enforcement Gets Even
Tougher in 1995: Wage Assignments, Wage Garnishments, Executions,
Liens, Big Penalties, Loss of Business Licenses, Seize and Sell
and Other Methods for Collecting Child and Spousal Support,"
(co-authored with Marshall Rieger, then Deputy District Attorney),
1995 Family Law Reference Book (LACBA Family Law Symposium) (May
1995).
"Family Law Support Enforcement Gets Even
Tougher in 1992: Wage Assignments, Wage Garnishments, Executions,
Liens, Big Penalties, Loss of Business Licenses, and Other Methods
for Collecting Child and Spousal Support," 1992 Family Law
Reference Book (LACBA Family Law Symposium) (May 1992).
"Enforcement of Support Orders Against
Self-Employed Obligors," (co-authored with Dennis A. Cohen),
Encyclopedia of Matrimonial Practice, Prentice Hall Law &
Business, 1991, Ronald L. Brown, Editor, pp. 1073-1081.
"Family Law Meets Collection Law: Wage
Assignments, Wage Garnishments, Executions, Liens and Other Methods
for Collecting Child and Spousal Support," 1991 Family Law
Reference Book (LACBA Family Law Symposium) (May 1991).
Enforcing Child and Spousal Support Orders and
Judgments Other Than Through Contempt," 1990 Family Law Reference
Book (LACBA Family Law Symposium) (May 1990).
SPECIAL HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Instructor, Panelist or Speaker for more than
80 continuing legal education programs for attorneys and judges
since 1991 on family law topics.
Member, Executive Committee, Los Angeles County
Bar Association Family Law Section, 1992-1997.
Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association Special
Task Force on Unrepresented Litigants in Family Law Courts, 1994.
Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association Bankruptcy/Family
Law Working Group, 1993-1995.
Director, Family Law Center of San Fernando
Valley, Inc., 1993-1996.
Judge, Constitutional Rights Foundation, California
Mock Trial Competition, 1993-2003, Los Angeles Superior Court.
Member, Executive Committee, San Fernando Valley
Bar Association Family Law Section, 1991-1992.
Public Member, Los Angeles County District Attorneys
Citizens Advisory Committee on Child Support Enforcement,
1989-1991.
EDUCATION
J.D., University of California, Los Angeles,
1973
- Order of the Coif
- Associate Editor, UCLA Law Review
Graduate School, Economics, University of California,
Berkeley and Harvard University
B.A., Economics, University of California, Berkeley,
1964
SPECIALTIES
Family Law
Business and Commercial
Special Master/Discovery Referee
Fee Disputes
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