The California Legislature next year: The wisdom of experience

Howard B. Miller

Howard is a contributing editor and podcast host at the Daily Journal. He is a JAMS mediator and arbitrator, a past president of the State Bar of California, and a former professor of law at the USC Gould School of Law.

Dario J. Frommer

Partner, Mayer Brown LLP

public policy, regulatory and government affairs

UC Davis SOL King Hall; Davis CA

Dario provides strategic political advice to many of California's most prominent companies and government agencies. Dario is the former majority leader of the California State Assembly and a member of the Latino Legislative Caucus. He has held a variety of high-level, state-government positions. He also chaired the Assembly's Health Committee, and served as chair of the California Transportation Commission, helping to oversee billions of dollars in funding for highway, road and transit projects. He was the appointments secretary to Gov. Gray Davis and was Mayor Eric Garcetti's appointee to the Oversight Board for the dissolution of the Los Angeles Redevelopment Agency.