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View Judge DashboardThe Hon. Steven J. Kleifield is a judge for the Los Angeles County Superior Court in California. He was appointed to the bench in 2002 by former governor Gray Davis.
Judge Kleifield received his B.A. from Washington University in 1975. He went on to earn his J.D. from George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C. in 1979.
Kleifield became a partner for the law firm of Gordon, Edelstein, Krepack, Grant, Felton, and Goldstein in 1989. Kleifield remained with the firm until his appointment to the Superior Court in 2002. His areas of practice included personal injury, insurance bad faith, medical malpractice, and discrimination cases. He also served as the managing partner for the law firms Personal Injury Employment Department.
His memberships have included the Los Angeles Bar Associaton as well as the Consumer Attorney's Association of Los Angeles.
During his time on the bench, Judge Kleifiled was appointed to serve as the Southern California Asbestos Coordination Trial Judge in 2016, where he would preside over all asbestos-related matters for Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties.
Since 2011, all asbestos litigation for Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Diego County has been designated complex and sent to LASC Dept 324 under JCCP 4674. Judge Kleifield was appointed to the department in March 2016 upon the retirement of the Honorable Emilie Elias.
PSP INVESTMENT GROUP LLC VS FULL STAR PROPERTIES LLC ET AL
May 03, 2018 |  Los Angeles County
HEARING DATE: May 3, 2018
CASE NUMBER: BC681885
CASE NAME: PSP Investment Group, LLC v. Full Star Properties, LLC, et al.
MOVING PARTY: D, J.T. Wimsatt Contracting Co., Inc.
RESPONDING PARTY: P. PSP Investment Group, LLC.
TRIAL DATE: 02/27/19
TENTATI...
Oct 25, 2019
Pending
Negligent Breach of Contract/Warranty (no fraud) (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 24, 2019
Pending
Other Employment Complaint Case (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 24, 2019
Pending
Contractual Fraud (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 23, 2019
Pending
Contract/Warranty Breach - Seller Plaintiff (no fraud/negligence) (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 22, 2019
Request for Dismissal - Before Trial not following ADR or more than 60 days since ADR 02/18/2020
Other Breach of Contract/Warranty (not fraud or negligence) (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 22, 2019
Pending
Other Employment Complaint Case (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 21, 2019
Pending
Other Real Property (not eminent domain, landlord/tenant, foreclosure) (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 21, 2019
Deemed Complete (No Remand from Federal Court) 02/18/2020
Other Breach of Contract/Warranty (not fraud or negligence) (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 18, 2019
Pending
Other Non-Personal Injury/Property Damage tort (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 18, 2019
Pending
Wrongful Termination (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 17, 2019
Pending
Other Employment Complaint Case (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 17, 2019
Jan 07, 2021
Pending
Contractual Fraud (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 17, 2019
Pending
Contract/Warranty Breach - Seller Plaintiff (no fraud/negligence) (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 16, 2019
Request for Dismissal - Before Trial not following ADR or more than 60 days since ADR 01/14/2020
Breach of Rental/Lease Contract (not unlawful detainer or wrongful eviction) (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 16, 2019
Pending
Wrongful Termination (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 15, 2019
Pending
Wrongful Termination (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 15, 2019
Feb 18, 2021
Pending
Contractual Fraud (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 15, 2019
Jan 28, 2021
Pending
Other Employment Complaint Case (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 15, 2019
Pending
Other Employment Complaint Case (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 15, 2019
Pending
Breach of Rental/Lease Contract (not unlawful detainer or wrongful eviction) (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 15, 2019
Pending
Contract/Warranty Breach - Seller Plaintiff (no fraud/negligence) (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 11, 2019
Default Judgment By Court - Before Trial 03/27/2020
Contract/Warranty Breach - Seller Plaintiff (no fraud/negligence) (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 11, 2019
Default Judgment By Court - Before Trial 03/03/2020
Collections Case - Seller Plaintiff (General Jurisdiction)
Oct 10, 2019
Request for Dismissal - Before Trial not following ADR or more than 60 days since ADR 02/05/2020
Other Breach of Contract/Warranty (not fraud or negligence) (General Jurisdiction)
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