Chairs of the LACBA Family Law Section


 

Chair
 
Term Started
 
Term End
 
Brian Lepak 7/1/2025  
Dena A. Kleeman 7/1/2024 6/30/2025
Stephen Cawelti  7/1/2023 6/30/2024
Abbas Hadjian 7/1/2022 6/30/2023
Steven Mindel 7/1/2021 6/30/2022
Paula Kane 7/1/2020 6/30/2021
David K. Yamamoto 7/1/2019 6/30/2020
Cari M. Pines 7/1/2018 6/30/2019
Joseph P. Spirito, Jr 7/1/2017 6/30/2018
Judy Lynn Bogen 7/1/2016 6/30/2017
Ronald F. Brot, Esq 7/1/2015 6/30/2016
Peter M. Walzer 7/1/2014 6/30/2015
Seth Daniel Kramer 7/1/2013 6/30/2014
Lynette Berg Robe 7/1/2012 6/30/2013
Robert Curtis Brandt, Esq 7/1/2011 6/30/2012
Debra Susan Frank, Esq 7/1/2010 6/30/2011
Roberta B. Bennett 7/1/2009 6/30/2010
William Jay Glucksman, Esq 7/1/2008 6/30/2009
Ira Martin Friedman, Esq 7/1/2007 6/30/2008
Ira Martin Friedman, Esq 7/1/2006 6/30/2007
Leonard J. Meyberg, Jr 7/1/2005 6/30/2006
Hon Dianna J. Gould-Saltman, Esq 7/1/2004 6/30/2005
James R. Eliaser 7/1/2003 6/30/2004
Lawrence Edward Leone, Esq 7/1/2002 6/30/2003
Bruce Evan Cooperman 7/1/2001 6/30/2002
Kappy Kellogg Bristol 7/1/2000 6/30/2001
Harold J. Cohn 7/1/1999 6/30/2000
Lynn Soodik 7/1/1998 6/30/1999
Patrick DeCarolis 7/1/1997 6/30/1998
Fern Topas Salka 7/1/1996 6/30/1997
Martin E. Shucart 7/1/1995 6/30/1996
Glen H. Schwartz 7/1/1994 6/30/1995
Arlene Colman-Schwimmer 7/1/1993 6/30/1994
Joan Patsy Ostroy 7/1/1992 6/30/1993
Manley Freid 7/1/1991 6/30/1992
Judith Salkow Shapiro 7/1/1990 6/30/1991
Suzanne Harris 7/1/1989 6/30/1990
Gerald E. Lichtig 7/1/1988 6/30/1989
Stephen A. Kolodny 7/1/1987 6/30/1988
Irwin Buter 7/1/1986 6/30/1987
Joseph Taback 7/1/1985 6/30/1986
Dennis M. Wasser 7/1/1984 6/30/1985
Martin C. Pachter 7/1/1983 6/30/1984
Sybil Anne Davis 7/1/1982 6/30/1983
Ira H. Lurvey 7/1/1981 6/30/1982
William F. Heyler 7/1/1980 6/30/1981
Ervin M. Roeder 7/1/1979 6/30/1980
Paul Gutman 7/1/1978 6/30/1979
Aaron P. Moss 7/1/1977 6/30/1978
Daniel J. Jaffe 7/1/1976 6/30/1977
Stephen Scott King 7/1/1975 6/30/1976
Spencer Brandeis 7/1/1974 6/30/1975
Barbara Blehr 7/1/1973 6/30/1974
Michael Angelo Pontrelli 7/1/1972 6/30/1973
Max A. Goodman 7/1/1971 6/30/1972
Ned. R. Nelson 7/1/1970 6/30/1971
Saul Ross 7/1/1969 6/30/1970
E. Loyd Saunders 7/1/1968 6/30/1969
Christian E. Markey, Jr. 7/1/1967 6/30/1968

 

 

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