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Former OC judge joins Panish Shea & Boyle in LA

By Richard Binder

Panish Shea & Boyle LLP has announced that former Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter J. Polos has joined the firm in an "Of Counsel" role following his retirement from the bench on February 19, 2010. He is the firm?s Director of Litigation and will assist in overseeing the firm?s entire litigation practice including mass tort cases, personal injury cases, business litigation and product liability cases.

Prior to being appointed to the bench, Polos was a member of the Plaintiff?s Executive Committee of the Coordinated Fen/Phen Litigation; he was on the Executive Committee for the Coordinated Ford/Firestone Litigation; and was the Co-Lead Counsel for Southern California for the Coordinated Sulzer Hip Litigation. He was appointed to the Superior Court on December 24, 2000 by Governor Gray Davis and was sworn in on February 8, 2001. He spent most of his time on the bench on the court?s General Civil panel handling complex civil cases. He also handled felony and misdemeanor criminal trials.

He began his legal career working as an associate with the late David M. Harney and after eight years there served as a partner with the Orange County firm of Lopez, Hodes, Restaino, Milman, Skikos & Polos in Newport Beach.

Judge Polos received his undergraduate degree from UCLA and is a graduate of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on February 24, 2010 (boomark / email).