An interview with Judge Riff to discuss developments affecting the civil courtrooms including the wind-down of the PI Hub courts, status of “long cause” trial assignments, current challenges, and exciting changes.
$45
An interview with Judge Riff to discuss developments affecting the civil courtrooms including the wind-down of the PI Hub courts, status of “long cause” trial assignments, current challenges, and exciting changes.
Judge Lawrence P. Riff, Supervising Judge of Civil, Los Angeles Superior Court. Judge Riff was appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court in 2015. His assignments have included criminal misdemeanors, civil trials, and family law “home court” and long cause trial departments. Before judicial service, Judge Riff was a partner of the international law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP where he served as the firm’s Managing Partner for its Los Angeles office for 17 years and Practice Group Leader for the firm’s U.S. Toxic Tort and Environmental Litigation Practice Group.
Rachael Kogen is a Partner at Fraser, Watson & Croutch and joined the firm in 2009. Her practice focuses on the defense of healthcare institutions and healthcare providers in complex medical malpractice and elder abuse litigation.
Ms. Kogen is a member of the Beverly Hills Bar Association Board of Governors. She is the 2025 Chair of the Executive Committee for the BHBA Litigation Section. She is an active member of LACBA President’s Advisory Committee on Women in the Legal Profession and several other bar associations in Southern California. Ms. Kogen was the 2020 and 2021 President of the Southeast District Bar Association of Los Angeles County (SEDBA).
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