Highly respected by trial lawyers, Judge Crispo's tenure on the bench and his extensive private career enable him to easily and effectively work with counsel and their clients to move matters toward resolution. Knowledgeable in many aspects of the law, Judge Crispo is insightful, extremely personable and has been able to achieve consensus in almost all matters brought before him.
TYPES OF CASES AND EXPERTISE INCLUDE:
Business, Civil Rights, Commercial Contract, Computer Fraud, Construction Defect, Elder Abuse, Eminent Domain, Employment, Entertainment, Family Law, Governmental Liability, Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith, Intellectual Property, Medical Legal & Accountancy Malpractice, Medical Devices, Personal Injury, Pharmaceuticals, Probate, Product Liability, Real Estate, Securities and Toxic Torts.
EDUCATION:
2002 Pepperdine Law School, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution -
Mediation and Advanced Mediation
1998 National Judicial College, Mediation and Dispute Resolution
1961 Loyola Law School, J.D.
1956 Loyola Marymount University, B.S.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER:
2004-Pres. Private Judge – Dispute Resolution
1994-2004 Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court –
Extensive Complex Civil Calendar
1967-1994 Partner & Shareholder - Breidenbach, Swainston, Crispo & Way
1964-1967 Sole Practitioner and Of Counsel to Gilbert, Thompson & Kelly
1962-1964 Associate - Gilbert, Thompson & Kelly
1961-1962 Deputy City Attorney - City of Los Angeles
JUDICIAL COMMITTEES:
Superior Court Executive Committee – Two Terms
Committee on Standard Jury Instructions (BAJI)
State Bar Judicial Council Liaison Committee
Superior Court ADR Committee
Chair of the Bench and Bar Committee
Grand and Trial Jurors Committee
Jury Reform Committee
Legislative Committee
Special Events Committee
Judicial Council Civil Advisory Committee
Committee on Judicial Education and Research
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Member, International Society of Barristers
Member, American Law Institute
Vice President, State Bar Board of Governors
Chair & Advisor, State Bar Litigation Section
Lawyer Delegate, Federal Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference
Member, American Bar Association House of Delegates
Member, California Judges Association
Advisor, State Bar Committee on ADR
Member, State Bar of Foundation Board of Directors
Chair, Coalition for Justice
Member, American Judicature Society
Chair, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Judiciary Committee
President, Wilshire Bar Association Board of Governors
Governor, Association of Business Trial Lawyers
President, Italian-American Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (IALA)
National Trustee, American Inns of Court
President, Loyola Law School Alumni Board of Governors
Member, International Academy of Trial Judges
American Inns of Court, National Director and
Charter President of The Mount Baldy Inn
LECTURES AND SEMINARS PRESENTED:
1978-1982 Lecturer & Faculty Member, USC Law Center,
California Institute of Trial Advocacy
1990-2004 Rutter Group
1990-Pres. California State Bar Annual Meetings
1992-2005 Litigation Section , “Champions of the Courtroom”
1994-2005 Continuing Education of the Bar, State Bar of California
1999-2003 Faculty, Continuing Judicial Studies Program
1999 Food and Drug Law Institute, Georgetown Law Center
2000-2004 Member, CJER Civil Law Education Planning Committee
2000-2003 Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Las Vegas Annual Seminars
2000-2003 Civil Law & Procedure Institute
2000-2003 Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Annual Seminars
2001 American Academy of Judicial Education
2001 Sonoma County Bar Association
2002 Faculty & Seminar Group Leader, B.E. Witkin Judicial College
2002 Lexis Nexis, Mealey’s California Section 17200 Conference
2003-2005 California CPA Education Foundation, Advanced Business Litigation Institute
B&P17200 Unfair Business Practices, LaQuinta & Los Angeles
2003 Defense Research Institute, Product Liability Conference Las Vegas
2004-2007 State Bar Section Education Institute Santa Monica & Berkeley
2006 ALI ABA American Law Institute - The Art & Science of Serving as a Special Master
in Federal & State Courts - San Francisco
Arbitrations, Mediations, Discovery References, Early Neutral Evaluations,and Summary Trials
