Retired Administrative Presiding Justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Daniel Kremer passed on February 17, 2026.  Presiding Justice Kremer is a 1960 graduate of Stanford University with a degree in political science and a 1963 graduate of Stanford Law School.

(Subscription required) Los Angeles County Superior Court's Mediation Volunteer Panel resolved 46% of more than 1,000 mediations in 2025, offering free three-hour sessions to help judges manage overwhelming civil caseloads.

(Subscription required) The judge in the social media addiction trial in Los Angeles struck one of the lead lawyers from the plaintiffs’ steering committee after he gave an interview on camera this week with the BBC and took a selfie from inside the courthouse.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Upinder Kalra received a commendation yesterday from this district’s Court of Appeal based on his alertness in handling a default judgment proceeding. “This case provides an example of an attempted abuse of the default process, only prevented by the diligence of the trial court,” Presiding Justice Helen Zukin of Div. Four said in an unpublished opinion.