Los Angeles County (Santa Clarita)
Career Highlights: Elevated to Los Angeles County Superior Court by unification, 2000; commissioner by Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1999-2000; sole practitioner, Woodland Hills, 1988-99; partner, Phillips & Gladstein, Santa Monica, 1985-88; associate, Dunne, Gaston & Foster, Santa Monica, 1977-85; sole practitioner, Beverly Hills, 1974-77; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles, 1970-74
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law, 1969
Career Highlights: Elevated to Los Angeles County Superior Court by unification, 2000; commissioner by Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1999-2000; sole practitioner, Woodland Hills, 1988-99; partner, Phillips & Gladstein, Santa Monica, 1985-88; associate, Dunne, Gaston & Foster, Santa Monica, 1977-85; sole practitioner, Beverly Hills, 1974-77; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles, 1970-74
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law, 1969
SANTA CLARITA — If a heroin user ends up in front of Commissioner Martin Gladstein, the jurist will share a sobering observation.
“In 48 years, do you know what’s the only thing I’ve almost never seen?’” Gladstein will ask. “I’ve never seen an old heroin addict. Do you know why?” And the defendant will answer, “Because they die.”
Gladstein said he finds that message most effective when... (continued)
