Rupert A. Byrdsong

The Honorable Rupert A. Byrdsong was appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court on June 18, 2014 by Governor Jerry Brown. He presently sits in Dept. 28 in the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles wherein he handles an unlimited jurisdiction individual court calendar with an inventory of over 1,020 cases. Prior to coming to Mosk, Judge Byrdsong was the first African-American in the Complex Civil Department wherein he handled and coordinated all of the asbestos cases in Los Angeles County. Judge Byrdsong teaches pre-trial litigation as an adjunct professor at the University of West Los Angeles Law School and also serves on the faculty for the Trial Advocacy Workshop at Harvard Law School. Judge Byrdsong volunteers his time mentoring young lawyers and speaks to students in high schools, colleges, and law schools all over the country. He also volunteers his time to interview prospective students for Vanderbilt Law School. Judge Byrdsong is active with the John M. Langston Bar Association, the California Association of Black Lawyers (CABL), LACBA’s Labor and Employment Executive and Saturday Seminar Committees, and a founding member of the Association of African American California Judicial Officers (AAACJO). He served on the Executive Committee of the Labor and Employment Section for the State Bar of California (now the California Lawyers Association) from 2003 to 2007. He is a past president of the California Judges Association.