ATTORNEY YEP NAMED TO SUPERIOR COURT.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer PALMDALE - A 44-year-old Palmdale civil attorney has been appointed by Gov. Gray Davis to be a judge in 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. County Superior Court. Brian Yep is a lifelong resident of the 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 and a partner in the Lancaster firm of Walsh, Delaney & Yep. ``I've been an attorney for 16 years now, and as I appeared in court and went through the practice of law, it had occurred to me early on that being a judge is something I'd like to be,'' Yep said. ``My personality is more geared toward resolving and ruling on disputes and helping people to resolve their disputes.'' Yep, one of four judges named Thursday, will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Raymond Mireles. No decision has been made on what court Yep will be assigned to, court officials said. As a judge, he will be paid an annual salary of $139,476. Yep is engaged in a general civil practice with an emphasis on business and real estate litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. and transactional work. Most of his clients are nonprofit organizations and small businesses including farmers, ranchers, real estate agents, developers, contractors and retailers. Yep has served as a hearing officer with the Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District and as a 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. , arbitrator and mediator for the Los Angeles County Superior Court. He is active in the Antelope Valley Bar Association and currently serves as vice president of the organization. Yep earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission , and his law degree from the University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis, commonly known as UC Davis, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, and was established as the University Farm in 1905. . Yep attended what was then Juniper Elementary School in Palmdale and Quartz Hill High School Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Lancaster, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). . He and his wife, Lisa, have two daughters, Kiana, 7, and Rachel, 6. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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