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Richard K. Kudo

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Principal Deputy County Counsel
Office of the Los Angeles County Counsel

500 W Temple St, 648 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration
Los Angeles , CA 90012
Phone: (213) 974-1879
Fax: (213) 687-8822
Email: rkudo@counsel.lacounty.gov

UC Hastings COL; San Francisco CA



Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Wentzel Witzgall v. Lorena Rosales, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 23, 2024
Stephanie Martinez v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 16, 2024
Jose Miguel Hernandez, et al. v. Raymond Jesus Olivas, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 19, 2024
Anthony Espinoza v. Jeffrey Raymond Williams, et al. Personal Injury Defendant May 31, 2024
Michael Elio Fusco v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 10, 2023
Georgia F. Law v. City of Los Angeles Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 20, 2021
Lucia C. Montes v. County of Los Angeles, Roberto Amilcar Mira Figueroa Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 6, 2021
Edgar Lopez v. Edith Gharibian, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 5, 2021
Maria Frescas, individually and as successor-in-interest to Kristine Ashley Salinas, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 27, 2020
Andrew Wilson v. City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, Richard Marks, and Does 1-10, inclusive Civil Rights Defendant Nov. 13, 2020
John A. Goslin, Stacey Goslin, Danielle Bain v. Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 7, 2020
Jane N.B. Doe v. County of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles Dept. of Parks and Recreation, Paul Gonzales Torts Defendant Apr. 10, 2020
Lauren Paine v. Erik Alexander Cobian, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 10, 2020
Barry R. Sheppard, et al. v. City of Westlake Village, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 3, 2020
Lonnie Moore v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 3, 2020
Michelle Martin v. County of Los Angeles Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 13, 2020
Jacob Soto, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 15, 2019
Barbara Benjamin, Walter Gates v. County of Los Angeles, Deputy David Perez Personal Injury Defendant Jun. 7, 2019
Haizel Adelyn Alvarez Hernandez, et al. v. State of California, et al. Personal Injury Defendant May 24, 2019
Jose Estrada v. Christopher Muse, County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 5, 2019
David Flores v. Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Katherine Keelin Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 30, 2018
Erin Hughes v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 16, 2018
Javier Coria Gonzalez, et al. v. Juan G. Alonso, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 16, 2018
Isaac Solorio, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 16, 2018
Jasmine Stoval v. County of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles Fire Department, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 16, 2018
Priscilla Viramontes Gutierrez v. Robert Flores, and Does 1 to 100 Personal Injury Defendant Jan. 5, 2018
Stacie Laws v. Los Angeles County Fire Department, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 29, 2017
Tomas Casillas v. Stephen David Martin, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Oct. 13, 2017
Luke Pfaffinger, Julie Pfaffinger v. County of Los Angeles Real Property Defendant Sep. 22, 2017
Timothy Paynter, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. / Silvia Morillon, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 15, 2017
Karen April Payan v. Michael Lloyd Bryant, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 8, 2017
Cindy Esquivias v. Prosport Express Inc., et al. Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 1, 2017
Angiolina Storti v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 1, 2017
Benjamin Nicholas, et al. v. County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 18, 2017
Tremell Thomas, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 18, 2017
Luis Carlos Rodriguez, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 11, 2017
Lillian Garcia, Christopher Isanski v. County of Los Angeles, Kenichi Haskett, and Does 1 to 20 Personal Injury Defendant May 27, 2017
David Gutierrez, et al. v. Los Angeles County Fire Department, et al. Personal Injury Defendant May 20, 2017
James Castillo Sr., et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 8, 2017
Manuel Casas Porras v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 8, 2017
Lorae Bermudez, Thomas Kim v. Los Angeles County, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 4, 2017
Kevin Losoya v. Michele Ann Williams, County of Los Angeles Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 24, 2016
Mayra Cabrales; Ricardo Quinteros; Melody Quinteros, a minor by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Mayra Cabrales v. Anthony Lewis; County of Los Angeles; Consolidation of Fire Protection, and Does 1 to 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 10, 2016
Jane Taylor, individually and as Guardian ad Litem of minors, Leigh Ann Taylor, Victoria Taylor and Michelle Taylor v. County of Los Angeles, Brian James Reaves, and Does 1 to 50 Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 19, 2016
Emma Markosyan, Hamo Hagobian v. Hall Stratton, Olena Gilmore, Con Fire Prot Dist LA County, and Does 1 to 50 Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 19, 2016
Alfredo Gutierrez, Rosa Gutierrez v. County of Los Angeles Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 19, 2016
Erika Arreola; Anjelica Arreola, by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Erika Arreola; Adriana Arreola, by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Erika Arreola v. Los Angeles Unified School District, County of Los Angeles, and Does 1 through 25 Personal Injury Defendant Oct. 29, 2016
Delano Delfin, Cheryl Delfin v. County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, Gilbert Soliz, and Does 1 through 20, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Oct. 29, 2016
Mercury Insurance Company v. County of Los Angeles Personal Injury Defendant Oct. 29, 2016
Kevin Cronin, Eleanor Cronin v. County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Eric Hoffman, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Oct. 22, 2016
Christine Hart v. Ly Van Tran, County of Los Angeles Transportation Authority, and Does 1 to 100 Personal Injury Defendant Oct. 15, 2016
Renee Galvan, Sophia Natalie Fregoso, Faith Renee Monge, a minor by and through her Guardian Ad Litem, Renee Galvan v. Los Angeles County Department of Public Works; Gonzalo Delgadillo, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 3, 2016
Elsa Seifert v. County of Los Angeles, and Does 1 to 10, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 30, 2016
Portia Kirksey-Gant v. County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Mayra Zuniga, and Does 1 to 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 23, 2016
Christian Ramirez v. County of Los Angeles, and Does 1 to 100, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 23, 2016
Nicholas Fobia, Suzanne Fobia v. Frank Hernandez Murillo, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, County of Los Angeles, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant May 28, 2016
Leo Montesinos, Rosa Montesinos v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy D. Baca, County of Los Angeles, Deputy Evelyn Renderos, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 25, 2015
Eugene McClelland v. Janice Eileen Munson, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, County of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, State of California, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 5, 2015
Juan Macias v. County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, Samuel Aispuro, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 5, 2015
Shalini R. George v. County of Los Angeles Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 25, 2015
Pearl Livermore v. County of Los Angeles Personal Injury Defendant Oct. 27, 2012
Rosa Tena v. Josie Woolum Personal Injury Defendant May 9, 2009
Case Name Topic Role Published
Wentzel Witzgall v. Lorena Rosales, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 23, 2024
Stephanie Martinez v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 16, 2024
Jose Miguel Hernandez, et al. v. Raymond Jesus Olivas, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 19, 2024
Anthony Espinoza v. Jeffrey Raymond Williams, et al. Personal Injury Defendant May 31, 2024
Michael Elio Fusco v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 10, 2023
Georgia F. Law v. City of Los Angeles Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 20, 2021
Lucia C. Montes v. County of Los Angeles, Roberto Amilcar Mira Figueroa Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 6, 2021
Edgar Lopez v. Edith Gharibian, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 5, 2021
Maria Frescas, individually and as successor-in-interest to Kristine Ashley Salinas, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 27, 2020
Andrew Wilson v. City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, Richard Marks, and Does 1-10, inclusive Civil Rights Defendant Nov. 13, 2020
John A. Goslin, Stacey Goslin, Danielle Bain v. Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 7, 2020
Jane N.B. Doe v. County of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles Dept. of Parks and Recreation, Paul Gonzales Torts Defendant Apr. 10, 2020
Lauren Paine v. Erik Alexander Cobian, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 10, 2020
Barry R. Sheppard, et al. v. City of Westlake Village, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 3, 2020
Lonnie Moore v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 3, 2020
Michelle Martin v. County of Los Angeles Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 13, 2020
Jacob Soto, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 15, 2019
Barbara Benjamin, Walter Gates v. County of Los Angeles, Deputy David Perez Personal Injury Defendant Jun. 7, 2019
Haizel Adelyn Alvarez Hernandez, et al. v. State of California, et al. Personal Injury Defendant May 24, 2019
Jose Estrada v. Christopher Muse, County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 5, 2019
David Flores v. Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Katherine Keelin Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 30, 2018
Erin Hughes v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 16, 2018
Javier Coria Gonzalez, et al. v. Juan G. Alonso, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 16, 2018
Isaac Solorio, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 16, 2018
Jasmine Stoval v. County of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles Fire Department, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 16, 2018
Priscilla Viramontes Gutierrez v. Robert Flores, and Does 1 to 100 Personal Injury Defendant Jan. 5, 2018
Stacie Laws v. Los Angeles County Fire Department, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 29, 2017
Tomas Casillas v. Stephen David Martin, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Oct. 13, 2017
Luke Pfaffinger, Julie Pfaffinger v. County of Los Angeles Real Property Defendant Sep. 22, 2017
Timothy Paynter, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. / Silvia Morillon, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 15, 2017
Karen April Payan v. Michael Lloyd Bryant, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 8, 2017
Cindy Esquivias v. Prosport Express Inc., et al. Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 1, 2017
Angiolina Storti v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 1, 2017
Benjamin Nicholas, et al. v. County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 18, 2017
Tremell Thomas, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 18, 2017
Luis Carlos Rodriguez, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 11, 2017
Lillian Garcia, Christopher Isanski v. County of Los Angeles, Kenichi Haskett, and Does 1 to 20 Personal Injury Defendant May 27, 2017
David Gutierrez, et al. v. Los Angeles County Fire Department, et al. Personal Injury Defendant May 20, 2017
James Castillo Sr., et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 8, 2017
Manuel Casas Porras v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 8, 2017
Lorae Bermudez, Thomas Kim v. Los Angeles County, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 4, 2017
Kevin Losoya v. Michele Ann Williams, County of Los Angeles Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 24, 2016
Mayra Cabrales; Ricardo Quinteros; Melody Quinteros, a minor by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Mayra Cabrales v. Anthony Lewis; County of Los Angeles; Consolidation of Fire Protection, and Does 1 to 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 10, 2016
Jane Taylor, individually and as Guardian ad Litem of minors, Leigh Ann Taylor, Victoria Taylor and Michelle Taylor v. County of Los Angeles, Brian James Reaves, and Does 1 to 50 Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 19, 2016
Emma Markosyan, Hamo Hagobian v. Hall Stratton, Olena Gilmore, Con Fire Prot Dist LA County, and Does 1 to 50 Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 19, 2016
Alfredo Gutierrez, Rosa Gutierrez v. County of Los Angeles Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 19, 2016
Erika Arreola; Anjelica Arreola, by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Erika Arreola; Adriana Arreola, by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Erika Arreola v. Los Angeles Unified School District, County of Los Angeles, and Does 1 through 25 Personal Injury Defendant Oct. 29, 2016
Delano Delfin, Cheryl Delfin v. County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, Gilbert Soliz, and Does 1 through 20, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Oct. 29, 2016
Mercury Insurance Company v. County of Los Angeles Personal Injury Defendant Oct. 29, 2016
Kevin Cronin, Eleanor Cronin v. County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Eric Hoffman, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Oct. 22, 2016
Christine Hart v. Ly Van Tran, County of Los Angeles Transportation Authority, and Does 1 to 100 Personal Injury Defendant Oct. 15, 2016
Renee Galvan, Sophia Natalie Fregoso, Faith Renee Monge, a minor by and through her Guardian Ad Litem, Renee Galvan v. Los Angeles County Department of Public Works; Gonzalo Delgadillo, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 3, 2016
Elsa Seifert v. County of Los Angeles, and Does 1 to 10, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 30, 2016
Portia Kirksey-Gant v. County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Mayra Zuniga, and Does 1 to 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 23, 2016
Christian Ramirez v. County of Los Angeles, and Does 1 to 100, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 23, 2016
Nicholas Fobia, Suzanne Fobia v. Frank Hernandez Murillo, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, County of Los Angeles, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant May 28, 2016
Leo Montesinos, Rosa Montesinos v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy D. Baca, County of Los Angeles, Deputy Evelyn Renderos, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 25, 2015
Eugene McClelland v. Janice Eileen Munson, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, County of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, State of California, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 5, 2015
Juan Macias v. County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, Samuel Aispuro, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 5, 2015
Shalini R. George v. County of Los Angeles Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 25, 2015
Pearl Livermore v. County of Los Angeles Personal Injury Defendant Oct. 27, 2012
Rosa Tena v. Josie Woolum Personal Injury Defendant May 9, 2009