Background
Gilbert, Judith A. was born on January 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Gilbert, Judith A. was born on January 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
University of California at Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1967) Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, 1970).
Worked at Arter & Hadden (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Finance and Insolvency, Entertainment Finance, Insolvency, Copyright, Entertainment, Business Transactions. Admitted to the bar, 1971, California Supreme Court and United States. District Court Central District of California.
1974, United States.
District Court Southern District of California. 1975, United States. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and United States. Supreme Court; 1977, United States.
District Court, Northern District of California and United States.
Tax Court; 1978, United States. District Court, Eastern District of California.
1992, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Harvard Journal on Legislation, 1970. Author: "Emanations of the Shift of Emphasis Theory - the Improper Purposes Doctrine Revisited: Tax Payers" Rights to Challenge Special Agents" Summons of Third Party Bank Records," 5 Suffolk University Law Review 35, 1970.
"California"s State Bar," 19 Beverly Hills Bar Association J. 189, 1985. "Alternative Answers," 20 Beverly Hills Bar Association J. 65, 1986.
"Retention Election," 20 Beverly Hills Bar Association J. 145, 1986.
"Film Industry Bankruptcy: Securing the Right to Payment Before lieutenant Happens," Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal, 1992. Frequent speaker at seminars on Bankruptcy and Finance (including financing and insolvency in the entertainment industry). Member, Board of Governors, Southern California Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation, 1988.
Judge Pro Tem Municipal and Small Claims Court, 1974-1984.
Member, University of California, Los Angeles Alumni Advisory Board, 1972-1978. Member of Panel: Los Angeles County Superior Court and Beverly Hills Bar Association Arbitration and Mediation.
Member, Executive Committee to Conference of Delegates of State Bar, 1991-1996. Chair, 1994-1995; Ex Officio Member, 1995-1996.
California State Bar Resolutions Committee, 1986, 1988-1990.
Delegate to State Bar Conference, 1972. Member, Board of Governors, State Bar of California. Board of Directors, Foundation of the State Bar of California.
Member, Governance, 1995-1996, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1994-1996, Active/Inactive Membership, 1996 and Structure, 1996, Task Forces of Board of Governors, State Bar of California.
Coalition to Save the Unified Bar (Executive and Steering Committees 1995-1996). Attorney, Fee Disputes Resolution Panel, Beverly Hills Bar Association and Los Angeles County Bar Association.
Public Counsel, Member, Board of Directors, 1986-1989. Member, Steering Committee and Company-Chair of Fundraising Sub-Committee, 1986, Los Angeles County Bar Association and Affiliates Committee in Opposition to Proposition 61.
California State Bar Conference on Living Wills and the Right to Die (Vice Chair, 1977).
California State and Assembly Task Forces on Living Wills and the Right to Die, 1978-1979. California State Bar Conference Committees on Rights and Obligations of Unmarried Cohabitants (Marvin v. Marvin), 1978-1980, and on Legal Specialization, 1980-1981.
State Bar of California Annual Meeting Planning Committee and 1987 Annual Meeting of State Bar Host Committee, 1986-1987.
Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Board of Trustees, 1984-1985). Beverly Hills Bar Association (Ex-Officio Member, Board of Governors and Executive Committee, 1986-1987.
President, 1985-1986. Member, Board of Governors, 1980-1987.
Chair Women and the Law Committee, 1986-1989.
Chair, Individual Rights Committee, 1990-1993. Resolutions Committee and Delegate to State Bar Conference, 1973-1991. Chair, 1980-1981); Beverly Hills Bar Association Foundation (Member of Board of Directors, 1983-1985).
American Bar Association (Member, Litigation and Banking, Corporate and Commercial Sections.
American Bar Association Task Force on International Perfection of Securities Interests, 1996). Federal Bar Association.
California Women Lawyers Association. Women Lawyers Association of Los Los Angeles
Financial Lawyers Conference.
Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum. Commercial Law League of America. Copyright Society; Women in Business.
Author: "Emanations of the ?Shift of Emphasis? Theory - the ?Improper Purposes? Doctrine Revisited: Tax Payers' Rights to Challenge Special Agents' Summons of ?Third Party? Bank Records," 5 Suffolk University Law Review 35, 1970. "California's State Bar," 19 Beverly Hills Bar Association J. 189, 1985. "Alternative Answers," 20 Beverly Hills Bar Association J. 65, 1986.
"Retention Election," 20 Beverly Hills Bar Association J. 145, 1986. "Film Industry Bankruptcy: Securing the Right to Payment Before It Happens," Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal, 1992. Frequent speaker at seminars on Bankruptcy and Finance (including financing and insolvency in the entertainment industry).
Member, Board of Governors, Southern California Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation, 1988. Judge Pro Tem Municipal and Small Claims Court, 1974-1984. Member, University of California, Los Angeles Alumni Advisory Board, 1972-1978.
Member of Panel: Los Angeles County Superior Court and Beverly Hills Bar Association Arbitration and Mediation.
Member, Executive Committee to Conference of Delegates of State Bar, 1991-1996. Chair, 1994-1995; Ex Officio Member, 1995-1996.
California State Bar Resolutions Committee, 1986, 1988-1990. Delegate to State Bar Conference, 1972.
Member, Board of Governors, State Bar of California.
Board of Directors, Foundation of the State Bar of California. Member, Governance, 1995-1996, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1994-1996, Active/Inactive Membership, 1996 and Structure, 1996, Task Forces of Board of Governors, State Bar of California. Coalition to Save the Unified Bar (Executive and Steering Committees 1995-1996).
Attorney, Fee Disputes Resolution Panel, Beverly Hills Bar Association and Los Angeles County Bar Association.
Public Counsel, Member, Board of Directors, 1986-1989. Member, Steering Committee and Company-Chair of Fundraising Sub-Committee, 1986, Los Angeles County Bar Association and Affiliates Committee in Opposition to Proposition 61.
California State Bar Conference on Living Wills and the Right to Die (Vice Chair, 1977). California State and Assembly Task Forces on Living Wills and the Right to Die, 1978-1979.
California State Bar Conference Committees on Rights and Obligations of Unmarried Cohabitants (Marvin v.
Marvin), 1978-1980, and on Legal Specialization, 1980-1981. State Bar of California Annual Meeting Planning Committee and 1987 Annual Meeting of State Bar Host Committee, 1986-1987. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Board of Trustees, 1984-1985).
Beverly Hills Bar Association (Ex-Officio Member, Board of Governors and Executive Committee, 1986-1987.
President, 1985-1986. Member, Board of Governors, 1980-1987.
Chair Women and the Law Committee, 1986-1989. Chair, Individual Rights Committee, 1990-1993.
Resolutions Committee and Delegate to State Bar Conference, 1973-1991.
Chair, 1980-1981). Beverly Hills Bar Association Foundation (Member of Board of Directors, 1983-1985). American Bar Association (Member, Litigation and Banking, Corporate and Commercial Sections.
American Bar Association Task Force on International Perfection of Securities Interests, 1996).
Federal Bar Association. California Women Lawyers Association. Women Lawyers Association of Los Los Angeles
Financial Lawyers Conference.
Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum. Commercial Law League of America.
Copyright Society. Women in Business.