Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sept. 1, 2009; partner, Kiesel Boucher Larson, Beverly Hills, 2000-09; associate, Stolpman, Krissman, Elber, Mandel & Katzman, Long Beach, 1993-2000; associate, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Ferdon, Los Angeles, 1992-93.
Law School: UCLA School of Law, 1992
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sept. 1, 2009; partner, Kiesel Boucher Larson, Beverly Hills, 2000-09; associate, Stolpman, Krissman, Elber, Mandel & Katzman, Long Beach, 1993-2000; associate, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Ferdon, Los Angeles, 1992-93.
Law School: UCLA School of Law, 1992
By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Judge Elaine Mandel handled some catastrophic personal injury and devastating wrongful death cases during her 17 years as a plaintiffs' lawyer.
It was the sexual abuse of children by some Catholic priests, however, that weighed the heaviest on her.
"Those cases just get [to] you, in a truly visceral way that other cases don't," she said recently.
One of her clients, ... (continued)
