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HON. LEONARD S. WOLF (Ret.)

Judge of the Superior Court, Los Angeles County, 1977-1989. Presiding Judge, Probate Court, West District, 1986-1989. Appointed Supervising Judge of the West District, 1986-1989. Appointed Justice of the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division 5, 1985. Judge of the Municipal Court, Beverly Hills, County of Los Angeles, 1966-1977. Served as Presiding Judge, Beverly Hills, County of Los Angeles, 1968, 1971 and 1974.

In private practice, Judge Wolf specialized in contractual matters, business torts, real estate development, syndication and related litigation. Presently, Judge Wolf is active in alternative dispute resolution matters and presides over settlement conferences, mediations, arbitrations, discovery proceedings, jury and non-jury trials. Judge Wolf receives numerous court appointments to render accountings, conduct special fact finding proceedings and to resolve discovery disputes.

Appointed to Legislation Committee, Los Angeles Superior Court. Served on Executive Committee, Los Angeles, Superior Court, advising upon all matters affecting the Court; Appointed by Dean of California College of Trial Judges to serve as lecturer and seminar leader to train newly appointed judges to the Municipal and Superior Courts. Associate Editor, U.S.C. Law Review, 1952-1953. Member, Order of the Coif, USC, 1953. Faculty Member, University of Southern California, 1954-1955; Adjunct Professor at University School of Engineering.

"Habeas Corpus Procedure;" "Messing Up the Courts - The Psychiatric Mumbo Jumbo;" "The Mentally Ill Criminal Offender;" "Implications of the Sentencing Law for Mentally Incompetent Defendants."

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles 1950.

J.D., University of California School of Law, 1953.