Thomas Levyn was the second three-term Mayor of Beverly Hills since the city's 1914 incorporation. As Mayor, Mr. Levyn created cutting-edge, innovative, and community-building programs. Mr. Levyn's Team Beverly Hills, the nationally recognized leadership symposium, continues to bring great honors and awards to Beverly Hills. While mayor, Mr. Levyn was responsible for balancing general...
Legal Studies Advisory Board
Superior Court Judge
Los Angeles County
Judge Halm was appointed in 2009 to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Governor Schwarzenegger. Prior to becoming a Superior Court Judge, Mr. Halm was a Partner in the Los Angeles office of Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP. He has had extensive experience in federal and state trial and appellate courts, with emphasis on toxic tort, professional liability defense of...
Attorney at Law
Malek & Malek
Steven Gourley is a nationally known expert on real estate, real estate lending, and securities laws. A Boalt Hall and UCLA graduate, he has served as Chief Deputy Commissioner of Corporations, Director of the California DMV, and Mayor of the City of Culver City.
He currently practices with the law firm of Malek & Malek in Torrance, California. He focuses on representing mortgage...
Partner
Musick Peeler & Garrett, LLP
Mr. Millard practices in the area of international finance, representing foreign and domestic financial institutions and corporations.
In the real estate area, he has represented banks in structuring and implementing construction loans, covering such varied and specialized projects as hotels, government buildings, casinos and health care facilities. He has also represented thrift and...
Founding Partner, Attorney at Law
Margolis & Tisman LLP
As a founding partner of Margolis & Tisman, Mr. Margolis handles class actions and other complex cases, including fraud in international joint ventures; other international trade disputes; sexual harassment, employment discrimination and other employment disputes; unfair competition and misappropriation of intellectual property; disputes relating to real estate, commercial, and secured...
Urban Planning & Design Coordinator
LA Mayor’s Office
Krista Kline is currently the Urban Planning & Design Coordinator with Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa’s Office in the City of Los Angeles. She handles urban planning and land use issues for the Mayor’s Office, including designing an economic development strategy for Transit Oriented Development at station sites and along major transportation corridors. She is also the staff lead...
Attorney at Law
Jones Day
Jim Childs practices in the business transactions area, with emphasis on corporate, real estate, and partnership transactions. His practice involves corporate acquisitions, both taxable and tax free, real estate transactions, LLC matters, tax planning, and real estate taxation. Jim is a member of the State Bar of California (past chairperson of the Tax Section) and the Los Angeles County Bar...
Former District Attorney
City of Los Angeles
Mr. Garcetti served as District Attorney from 1992 to 2000. During his tenure as a District Attorney, Garcetti emphasized prosecution of family violence, stalking, hate crimes, workers compensation fraud, welfare fraud, gang violence, truancy, and child-support violations. He created a number of new programs to stiffen enforcement in these areas, including the Family Violence Division, the...
Paralegal
Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office
Ms. Schmoyer has over twenty years' experience as a litigation and transactional paralegal, and has been associated with the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office as a paralegal with the Real Property/Environment Division since 1998. Prior to joining the City Attorney’s office, she was associated as a paralegal with several major law firms in Los Angeles and Dallas, Texas. She...