Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2008; head deputy public defender, deputy public defender, Los Angeles county, 1985-2008; associate, Farnsworth, Saperstein & Seligman, San Francisco, 1984-85
Law School: UC Hastings College of the Law, 1983
LOS ANGELES — His days as a deputy public defender long gone, Judge Mark Windham now refers to jurors as his clients.
He presides over complex felony and murder cases at Los Angeles County’s Airport Court and has several ways to get through matters efficiently, such as requesting jury instructions at the start of the trial and perfecting them during testimony.
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