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Judicial Career, Los Angeles Superior Court 1994 - 2014

Judge Biderman served as a judge at the Los Angeles Superior Court. Preceding his term as a judge, he served as a Commissioner at the Los Angeles Municipal and Superior Courts for nine years. He has tried cases in criminal misdemeanors and felonies trials as well as civil and probate.

During his judicial career, Judge Biderman managed the Culver City, West Los Angeles, and Santa Monica Courthouses and served as Supervising Judge of the West District of the Los Angeles Superior Court in Santa Monica. He managed judicial officers in each courthouse he was in and served on many of the court’s special committees. He participated in the judicial training of over 150 judges newly appointed to the bench.

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Private Practice 1981 – 1994

Judge Biderman began his private practice in 1985, having previously served as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. from 1981-1983 and as a Deputy Public Defender in Los Angeles from 1983-1985. He was associated with the law firm of Bryan, Cave, McPheeters and McRoberts (now Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP) from 1985-1988, where he handled a variety of civil litigation matters including product liability, business, and environmental cases. He formed his own law practice in 1991 and handled general civil litigation. He later was Of Counsel to Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro (Now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP) in the defense of automotive product liability matters.

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Corporate Practice 1988 – 1991

Judge Biderman served as managing counsel at Honda North America, Inc., the North American subsidiary of a multi-national manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment. He managed the in- house legal department and directed staff attorneys and paralegals in numerous product liability disputes, and supervised the company’s outside counsel.