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Richard Fybel
Richard Fybel was a judge for Division 3 of the California 4th District Court of Appeal. He assumed office on February 8, 2002. He left office on March 31, 2022.
Governor Gray Davis appointed Fybel to the court and he took office on February 8, 2002.[1] Fybel ran for retention in 2014 and retired on March 31, 2022.[2][3]
Education
Fybel graduated from the University of California - Los Angeles in 1968 and received his J.D. from the University of California - Los Angeles School of Law in 1971.[4]
Career
Fybel was an attorney with the law firm Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliot from 1971 to 1981. He then joined the Los Angeles office of law firm Morrison & Foerster, rising to partner and later director. He was with the firm until his appointment to the Orange County Superior Court in 2000. He served on this court until his appointment to the court of appeals in 2002.[5]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 2014: Franklin G. West Award, Orange County Bar Association
- 2012: Award for Achievement in Public Service, Public Interest Law Foundation of Chapman University School of Law
- 2005: Alumnus of the Year for Public and Community Service, UCLA Law School
- Inn’s President’s Award, Ferguson American Inn of Court
- Lifetime Achievement Award, undergraduate fraternity at UCLA
Associations
As of 2014:
- Chair, California Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on the Code of Judicial Ethics
- Member, California Commission for Impartial Courts - Judicial Candidate Conduct Task Force
- Founder, Ruth and Ernest Fybel Endowed Fund for Literature on Children of the Holocaust
- Board of directors, Orange County Bar Association Masters Division
- Board of directors, Association of Business Trial Lawyers - Orange County Chapter
- Board of advisors, Fowler School of Law
- Board of advisors, Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education at Chapman University
- Past president, UCLA Law Alumni Association
- Past board of trustees, Orange County Public Law Library
- Past member, Kleps Award Committee
- Past member, UCLA Foundation Board of Councillors
- Past judge, Constitutional Rights Foundation
- Past judge, Traynor Moot Court Competition, Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, New York City Bar Association National Moot Court Competition[4]
Noteworthy cases
Diocese liable for sexual abuse by priest (2003)
The court ruled that the Milwaukee Archdiocese could be held liable for not fully disclosing the past of a priest convicted of child molestation. After he moved to Orange County and allegedly molested three more boys, a victim sued the Orange and Milwaukee dioceses.
Articles:
Elections
2014
Fybel was retained to the 4th District Court of Appeal with 63.9 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [2]
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Justices of the Courts of Appeal—Terms of Office," July 6, 2010
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 California Secretary of State, "General Election -November 4,2014 Official Certified List of Candidates," August 28, 2014
- ↑ California Courts Newsroom, "Justice Richard D. Fybel to Retire from the Fourth Appellate District," March 8, 2022
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 California Courts, "Richard Fybel," accessed October 31, 2014
- ↑ League of Women Voters of California, "Full Biography for Richard D. Fybel," September 25, 2002
