Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, March 14, 2022; partner and associate, Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP, 2009-2022; associate, Susman Godfrey LLP, 2005-2009; law clerk, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 2003-2004.
Law School: Yale Law School
SAN FERNANDO -- Superior Court Judge Nicholas F. Daum had been on the bench only a few months when a defendant in his misdemeanor court sought a demurrer by claiming California's ban on brass knuckles was unconstitutional under the current U.S. Supreme Court's 2nd Amendment law.
Daum was a new judge but he wasn't unfamiliar with complex legal issues; he had been a civil litigator for 20 years.
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