ATTORNEY CHOSEN COURT COMMISSIONER.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - A longtime Lancaster attorney and former deputy city attorney has been elected by Superior Court judges to serve as a court commissioner. David Bianchi, a 54-year-old Palmdale resident, will be assigned to preside over an Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley family law courtroom, restoring one that had been changed to hear criminal matters. ``This is really the next logical step for me. This is furthering the community service,'' Bianchi said. ``The hard part is leaving people I've worked with for 25 years. I'm looking forward to working here at this courthouse. We have what I believe to be a wonderful group of judicial officers here.'' Bianchi is with the law firm of Michelizzi, Schwabacher, Ward & Bianchi. Bianchi is expected to be sworn in about mid-June and begin work in the family law courtroom around that time, bringing the number of Antelope Valley family law courtrooms back to two. Taking away one of the family law courtrooms May 2 was criticized by family law attorneys. They said the local family law system is overburdened and assigning one family law courtroom to hear criminal cases would mean inordinate delays and require clients to travel to San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. or other Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. courts. The Antelope Valley Courthouse will not lose the criminal court because a judge will be assigned to a courtroom that had been sitting empty to hear criminal matters, court officials said. ``So now all 15 courtrooms that are built out will now be staffed,'' court administrator Howard Millings said. The $109 million courthouse that opened in 2003 has room to add six more courtrooms. Bianchi is a certified family law specialist whose practice is in family law, adoptions, estate planning Estate Planning The overall planning of a person's wealth, including the preparation of a will and the planning of taxes after the individual's death. Notes: Contrary to popular belief, estate planning involves much more than preparing a will, and it is not only for the and probate law. He was deputy city attorney for Lancaster between 1984 and 1987, and has served as a volunteer judge pro tem [Latin, For the time being.] An abbreviation used for pro tempore, Latin for "temporary or provisional." A person who acts as a temporary substitute serves pro tem. and as a court referee. He made an unsuccessful run for judge in 2000. He also has been active in community organizations, including the Kiwanis, Elks, youth soccer and the Salvation Army Salvation Army, Protestant denomination and international nonsectarian Christian organization for evangelical and philanthropic work. Organization and Beliefs The Salvation Army has established branches in 100 countries throughout the world. board. He taught business law at Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. and is active in the Antelope Valley Bar Association. Bianchi earned his bachelor's degree from Florida State University Florida State University, at Tallahassee; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1857. Present name was adopted in 1947. Special research facilities include those in nuclear science and oceanography. and his law degree from the San Fernando Valley College of Law. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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