2nd District Court of Appeal (Los Angeles)
Career Highlights: Dhanidina heard almost 900 appeals as an Associate Justice for the Second District of the California Court of Appeal and presided over 70 jury trials as a Judge for the Los Angeles County Superior Court. After retiring from the bench, Dhanidina was a partner at Umberg Zipser in Irvine and Werksman Jackson and Quinn in Los Angeles.
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Career Highlights: Dhanidina heard almost 900 appeals as an Associate Justice for the Second District of the California Court of Appeal and presided over 70 jury trials as a Judge for the Los Angeles County Superior Court. After retiring from the bench, Dhanidina was a partner at Umberg Zipser in Irvine and Werksman Jackson and Quinn in Los Angeles.
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LOS ANGELES — When Justice Halim Dhanidina was prosecuting a murder case once, the defense attorney told the jury, “The prosecutor’s view of mercy is different from all of our views. Maybe that’s because he’s from a different tradition.”
Dhanidina, now the highest ranking Muslim jurist in the nation since his elevation last year to the 2nd District Court of Appeal, recalled he was too stunned to object and the judge did ... (continued)
