2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 5 (Los Angeles)
Career Highlights: Retired February 29, 2024, Appointed presiding Justice of the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 5 by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2018; justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 8, 2001-18; judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2001; judge, Santa Monica Municipal Court, 1982-2001; of counsel, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, 1982; partner, associate, Kaplan, Livingston, Goodwin, Berkowitz & Selvin, 1973-82; clerk, California Supreme Court Justice Stanley Mosk, 1971-72
Law School: UCLA School of Law
Career Highlights: Retired February 29, 2024, Appointed presiding Justice of the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 5 by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2018; justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 8, 2001-18; judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2001; judge, Santa Monica Municipal Court, 1982-2001; of counsel, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, 1982; partner, associate, Kaplan, Livingston, Goodwin, Berkowitz & Selvin, 1973-82; clerk, California Supreme Court Justice Stanley Mosk, 1971-72
Law School: UCLA School of Law
Justice Laurence Rubin in his office in downtown Los Angeles, CA. Photo Credit: Justin L. Stewart / Special to the Daily Journal
Laurence D. Rubin, presiding justice of Division 5 of California's 2nd District Court of Appeal, wants attorneys to feel at ease when they address him in court. But when a lawyer recently addressed his panel as "you guys," Rubin was quick to draw the line at casual colloquialisms.
"Without belaboring the point," he said calmly, "'you guys' is not the correct way of referring to us.'"
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