
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Aug. 28, 2020; partner, Nelson Hardiman LLP, Los Angeles 2017-20; vice president, Optum UnitedHealth Group, Glendale, 2015-17; staff vice president, Anthem, Woodland Hills, 2004-15; assistant U.S. attorney, Central District, Los Angeles, 1991-2004
Law School: UCLA School of Law
Judge Lee Arian doesn't have the stentorian voice of his role model, Senior U.S. District Judge Terry J. Hatter, but emulates the man who swore him into the Los Angeles County Superior Court by emphasizing civility.
"I always admired and hoped to emulate him because he was very respectful to people and expected people to be respectful to one another and to the court," Arian said of Hatter. "Unlike me, he had this great booming v... (continued)