
Career Highlights: Appointed to Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, Dec. 27, 2012; principal, Law Offices of Roberts S. Draper, Los Angeles, 2005-12; partner, associate, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, 1968-2005
Law School: UC Berkeley School Of Law
For a quarter century, Robert S. Draper was a legendary business attorney in downtown Los Angeles, representing a "Who's Who" of the business world on high-profile cases with clients such as Lockheed Corp., Ernest and Julio Gallo, IBM, Price Waterhouse, General Electric and Tenet Healthcare.
In a world where settling cases is the norm, Draper relished going to trial as a senior partner at O'Melveny & Myers and was... (continued)