CAALA VEGAS 2019

Hon. Kevin Brazile

Los Angeles Superior Court


Hon. Kevin C. Brazile was appointed Judge to Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC) by Governor Gray Davis in December 2002. Judge Brazile graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (Cum Laude) in 1980 & earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the UCLA School of Law in 1983. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Brazile was a Civil trial attorney for the Los Angeles County Counsel’s Office from 1984-2002, where he handled Personal Injury (PI), employment discrimination, dangerous condition of public property, & Federal civil rights litigation. He also prepared & argued appeals before the State (Second District Court of Appeal) & Federal Appellate Courts (9th Circuit). Judge Brazile also won a case before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1999 (See Conn v. Gabbert (1999) 526 U.S. 286,119 S. CT. 1292.) At the time of his appointment to the Bench, Judge Brazile was the Division Chief of general tort litigation for the Los Angeles County Counsel’s Office. He also served as an in-house legal advisor to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for the Jail & Custody Division. In 1994, Judge Brazile was named as the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Civil Attorney of the Year. Judge Brazile has been assigned to LASC’s Stanley Mosk Courthouse since October 1, 2007. On January 1, 2008, he was given a general civil (unlimited) calendar where he conducted jury & non-jury trials & heard law and motion matters. From January 2013 to December 31, 2014, Judge Brazile was one of two Assistant Supervising Judges of Civil for LASC. On January 2, 2015, he became the Supervising Judge of Civil for LASC, where he was assigned to the Master Calendar Courtroom (Dept. 1) of the Stanley Mosk Courthouse. In October 2016, Judge Brazile was elected Assistant Presiding Judge for LASC, effective January 1, 2017. In September 2018, he was elected as the Presiding Judge for the LASC, eff. January 1, 2019 thru December 31, 2020.

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