Los Angeles County Superior Court (Van Nuys)
Career Highlights: Elevated to Los Angeles Superior Court judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, May 2022; commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court, October 2019- May 2022; temporary judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2007-19; founder, Hamar Family Law Corp., Beverly Hills, 2000-19; legal counsel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Beverly Hills, 1992-2018; founder, Hamar & Hamer Corp., Miami and Beverly Hills, 1983-2000
Law School: University of Miami Law School
Career Highlights: Elevated to Los Angeles Superior Court judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, May 2022; commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court, October 2019- May 2022; temporary judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2007-19; founder, Hamar Family Law Corp., Beverly Hills, 2000-19; legal counsel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Beverly Hills, 1992-2018; founder, Hamar & Hamer Corp., Miami and Beverly Hills, 1983-2000
Law School: University of Miami Law School
VAN NUYS — As counsel to the Colombian consulate in Beverly Hills, now-Commissioner Maria Byrum gave legal advice to visitors from the South American nation, sometimes under the most dire of circumstances.
“If someone dies here and their family is in Colombia and they don’t know what to do, I would be involved in that,” she said. “Or if their body is at the morgue, how do you get them out and how do you prove you are who ... (continued)
