Career Highlights: Retired November 2018. Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2008; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, 1995-08; sole practitioner, Beverly Hills, 1994-95
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center, 1991
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Areas of Specialty: business/commercial contract, civil rights, employment/class action, entertainment, government entities
LOS ANGELES -- When Judge Benny Osorio was kidnapped while vacationing in Colombia in 2016, he conducted the most intense settlement conference of his life -- for his life.
After a nearly successful attempt to escape, Osorio said he used humor and reason to gain leverage over his captors in negotiating his release.
"I would joke with them. They would bring me food, and I would say, 'W... (continued)
