Mr. La Barbera is a member of the United States District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California. In addition, Mr. La Barbera is a member of the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. As an appellate attorney, Mr. La Barbera has argued before the California State Courts of Appeal, Second and Fourth Appellate Districts. Mr. La Barbera has authored over twenty appeals.

He is a member of the Orange County Bar Association, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice and the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys.

Mr. La Barbera completed his undergraduate studies at St. Mary's College, Moraga, California where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1976 with a double major in Government and Philosophy. He was nominated class valedictorian.

Mr. La Barbera studied International Law and Corporations at Queens College, Cambridge, England. He graduated from Southwestern University School of Law with his Juris Doctorate degree in 1980. He was admitted to the practice of law that same year.

During the course of his legal studies, Mr. La Barbera was employed with Lemaire, Faunce & Katznelson in Los Angeles, California working in the field of public sector labor law. Mr. La Barbera also worked as a volunteer for MALDEF, (Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund) and was a legal extern for Justice James Koby at the California State Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Three.

After graduation from law school, Mr. La Barbera was employed as a research attorney for Justice Donald Work at the California State Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One. He then was employed by the Law Offices of Joseph Shemaria, Beverly Hills, California and went on to form his own firm, La Barbera & Myers, in 1984 where he remained until 2004.

The firm is conveniently located in the Civic Center Plaza Towers in Santa Ana, near the 5, 55, 57 and 22 freeways next to the Ronald Reagan United States Courthouse and Orange County Superior Court.

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