Governor appoints Newport Beach resident to judgeship

Newport Beach resident Robert J. Moss was one of three judges

appointed by Gov. Gray Davis to the Orange County Superior Court on

Monday.

Moss is a partner with Howard, Moss, Loveder, Strickroth and Parker, a

Santa Ana law firm that he co-founded in 1987.

He devotes a majority of his practice to representing defendants in

civil litigation, including cases involving claims relating to

construction defects, product liability, police brutality, personal

injury, legal malpractice, fraud, insurance and unfair business

practices.

Moss has served as an arbitrator and mediator in more than 100 cases

and as a judge pro tem in Orange County Superior Court since the late

‘70s.

He is a past president and current member of the Executive Committee

of the American Board of Trial Advocates’ Orange County chapter. He has

also been a member of the Assn. of Business Trial Lawyers of Orange

County, Assn. of Southern California Defense Counsel, Orange County Bar

Assn. and the Defense Trial Lawyers Assn.

Moss earned a bachelor of arts degree from UC Irvine and a juris

doctorate degree from Loyola University Law School, where he was a member

of the Law Review.

Moss will fill a vacancy created by the promotion of Judge Richard

Aronson to the Court of Appeals. He will earn an annual salary of

$136,224.